UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

PURSUANTTO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 17, 2011

Hurco Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-9143 | 35-1150732
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Technology Way |
Indianapolis, Indiana | 46268
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code)

(317) 293-5309
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Explanatory Note

Hurco Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this amendment to its Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 18, 2011 to disclose the Company’s decision on how frequently it will include a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of its named executive officers in its proxy materials.

Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 17, 2011. The shareholders:

| • | elected all eight of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders;

| • | approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the proxy statement;

| • | recommended, on an advisory basis, that future shareholder say-on-pay votes should be solicited every year; and

| • | appointed Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2011.

Shares were voted on these proposals as follows:

Election of Directors: | | Number of Votes FOR | | Number of Votes WITHHELD | | Non-Votes | | Abstentions
Stephen H. Cooper | 4,405,436 | | 23,530 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Michael Doar | 4,362,439 | | 66,527 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Philip James | 4,412,788 | | 16,178 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Michael P. Mazza | 4,412,222 | | 16,744 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Richard T. Niner | 4,363,909 | | 65,057 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Charlie Rentschler | 4,362,518 | | 66,448 | | 1,257,650 | | -
Janaki Sivanesan | 4,405,240 | | 23,726 | | 1,257,650 | | -

Advisory vote on executive compensation:

For | Against | Abstentions | Non-votes
4,376,124 | 38,411 | 14,431 | 1,257,650
 
Advisory vote to determine future advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation:

1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstentions | Non-votes
2,516,701 | 139,488 | 1,754,737 | 17,040 | 1,258,650

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| | Number of Votes FOR | | Number of Votes WITHHELD | | Non-Votes | | Abstentions
Appointment of public accounting firm: | | 5,649,558 | | 25,555 | | - | | 11,503
 
Based on the voting results, the Board of Directors determined at its meeting on May 19, 2011, that the Company will include a non-binding shareholder advisory vote in its proxy materials every year on executive compensation.  The Company will hold annual advisory votes until the next advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on named executive officer compensation.  The Company is required to hold advisory votes on frequency every six calendar years.

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

| Dated:  May 23, 2011 |
| HURCO COMPANIES, INC. |
| By: | /s/ John G. Oblazney |
| | John G. Oblazney, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

 
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