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Form 8-K for CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC


24-May-2012

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2012. A total of 37,037,189 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the 2012 Annual Meeting and the Company's shareholders took the following actions:

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
Shareholders elected each of the eight nominees for director to serve for a term to expire at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders based on the following votes:

Name                   Votes For  Votes Withheld  Broker Non-Votes
Fernando Aguirre      30,524,700       1,519,438         4,993,051
Kerrii B. Anderson    27,675,709       4,368,429         4,993,051
Howard W. Barker, Jr. 31,137,453         906,685         4,993,051
William H. Camp       25,413,661       6,630,477         4,993,051
Clare M. Hasler-Lewis 31,221,614         822,524         4,993,051
Jaime Serra           27,749,961       4,294,177         4,993,051
Jeffrey N. Simmons    31,273,381         770,757         4,993,051
Steven P. Stanbrook   27,508,434       4,535,704         4,993,051

Proposal No. 2: Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation

Shareholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by the following vote:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 6,348,917 25,660,710 34,511 4,993,051

Our Board of Directors and Compensation Committee will consider the results of this advisory vote in making future decisions on named executive officer compensation.

Proposal No. 3: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 based on the following votes:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 36,403,984 596,259 36,946 0


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