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INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.	Stockholder Meeting to be held on 06/12/08
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Meeting Information

Meeting Type: Annual
Meeting Date: 06/12/08
Meeting Time: 12:30 P.M. EDT
For holders as of:  04/15/08

Meeting Location:

Corporate Office
51 Sawyer Road
Suite 200
Waltham, MA 02453

Meeting Directions:

For Meeting Directions Please Call:
781-647-3900

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Voting items
Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends you vote “FOR” each of the proposals presented to you.
1.	Elect three Class I Directors to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders;
	Nominees:
	01)     John F. Levy
	02)      Jerry McAleer, Ph. D.
	03)     John A. Quelch
2.	Approve an amendment to Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock by 50,000,000, from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000;
3.	Approve an increase to the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by 500,000, from 500,000 to 1,000,000;
4.	Approve our ability to issue as many shares of common stock as may be required to allow for the full conversion of our proposed Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) and full payment of the dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock, all in accordance with the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock;
5.	Ratify the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as our independent registered public accountants for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2008; and
6.	Conduct such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.