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

NUVASIVE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		000-50744		33-0768598
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(Commission File		(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Incorporation)		Number)		Number)

7475 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(858) 909-1800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

n/a
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

NuVasive, Inc.’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 25, 2010. The company’s stockholders acted upon the following two proposals at the meeting:

	1.		To elect two Class III directors to hold office until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
	2.		To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.

With respect to the first proposal, our stockholders voted and approved the election of two Class III directors to hold office until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their earlier resignation or removal. The directors elected and the votes cast were as follows:

		Number of Shares Voted
Names of Directors Elected		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Alexis V. Lukianov			30,540,454				358,579				3,217,229
Jack R. Blair			29,920,918				978,115				3,217,229

The following are the other members of our board of directors whose terms continued after the meeting: Peter C. Farrell, Ph.D., AM, Lesley H. Howe, Robert J. Hunt, Eileen M. More and Richard Treharne, Ph.D.

At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders also voted upon and ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, by the following vote:

Number of Shares Voted

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
34,064,135		44,302		7,825		0

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.