Given Imaging Ltd. Announces Results of Special Shareholders’ Meeting

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YOQNEAM, Israel, Oct. 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Given Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq:GIVN) today announced the results of a special shareholders' meeting which was held yesterday in Yoqneam, Israel. A total of 23,829,505 shares, or approximately 75.2%, of the total number of shares entitled to vote at the meeting were represented. All proposals were approved, except for Proposal 2. Proposal 2 was supported by approximately 78.3% of the shares represented at the meeting (excluding abstentions), but only by approximately 46.3% of the votes of the non-controlling shareholders (excluding abstentions), thereby falling short of the majority of non-controlling votes required by a recent amendment to Israeli law for the approval of this proposal.

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