UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 ________________
 
 FORM 8-K
 
 CURRENT REPORT,
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
 THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2012
 
 CHYRON CORPORATION
 
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 New York

01-09014

11-2117385(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)
 
 5 Hub DriveMelville, New York

11747(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)
 
 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 845-2000
 
 
 Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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  Item 5.07                      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
 On May 23, 2012, the Registrant held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. A quorum of 13,595,054 shares of common stock of the Registrant (of a total of 16,846,062 shares outstanding as of the April 4, 2012 record date), or 80.7%, was represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which was held to vote on the following two proposals:
 
 (1)  To elect seven directors of the Registrant to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. The nominees for director are listed in the table below;
 
 (2) To ratify the appointment of the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm, BDO USA, LLP, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.
 
 With respect to proposal 1, the name of each director elected at the meeting, and the final number of votes for and withheld and the number of broker non-votes, were as follows:
 
 Name of Director
For
Withheld
Broker Non-VoteSusan Clark-Johnson
8,036,287
45,399
5,513,368Peter F. Frey
8,026,857
54,829
5,513,368Christopher R. Kelly
8,035,143
46,543
5,513,368Roger L. Ogden
8,038,184
43,502
5,513,368Robert A. Rayne
7,920,105
161,581
5,513,368Michael I. Wellesley-Wesley
8,005,395
76,291
5,513,368Michael C. Wheeler
8,035,708
45,978
5,513,368
 
 With respect to proposal 2, ratification of BDO USA, LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, the final number of votes for, against and abstained and the number of broker non-votes were as follows:
 
 For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote13,522.922
65,761
6,371
0
 
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  SIGNATURES
 
 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 CHYRON CORPORATIONBy:
/s/  Jerry KieliszakName:
Jerry KieliszakTitle:
Senior Vice President andChief Financial Officer
 
 Date: May 23, 2012