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This excerpt taken from the ABAX 10-Q filed Feb 9, 2005.

Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls

Our management, including the CEO and CFO, has a responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate disclosure and internal controls over our financial reporting.  Disclosure Controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms.  Disclosure Controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Internal Controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of providing reasonable assurance that our transactions are properly authorized, our assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use, and our transactions are properly recorded and reported, all to permit the preparation of our financial statements in conformity with GAAP.

PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

          We are from time to time involved in various litigation matters in the normal course of business.  We believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

          Not applicable.

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

          Not applicable.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

          At our annual meeting of shareholders on October 19, 2004, the following matters were considered and voted upon:

 

(a)

The election of six (6) directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders.  The votes cast and withheld for such nominees were as follows:


 

 

IN FAVOR

 

WITHHELD

 

 

 

 


 



 

Clinton H. Severson

 

 

16,686,592

 

 

909,263

 

Richard J. Bastiani, Ph.D.

 

 

16,780,161

 

 

815,694

 

Henk J. Evenhuis

 

 

16,906,007

 

 

689,848

 

Brenton G.A. Hanlon

 

 

16,780,161

 

 

815,694

 

Prithipal Singh, Ph.D

 

 

16,584,816

 

 

1,011,039

 

Ernest S. Tucker III, M.D.

 

 

16,904,607

 

 

691,248

 


 

(b)

The results of voting on the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, were as follows:


IN FAVOR

 

OPPOSED

 

ABSTAIN

 


 

 


 

 


 

16,965,976

 

 

618,751

 

 

11,128

 


 

(c)

The results of voting on the proposal to approve the amendment of the Company’s 1998 Stock Option Plan, were as follows:


IN FAVOR

 

OPPOSED

 

ABSTAIN

 


 

 


 

 


 

3,502,831

 

 

7,993,970

 

 

24,637

 

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Item 5.  Other Information

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