FORM 6-K


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the month ended July, 2011


ICON plc
(Registrant's name)


0-29714
(Commission file number)


South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)

Ciaran Murray, CFO
South County Business Park Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
Ciaran.Murray@iconplc.com
0011-353-1-291-2000
(Name, telephone number, email and/or facsmile number and address of Company contact person)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

              Yes___X___                                   No_______

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

              Yes______                                    No___X___

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

              Yes______                                    No___X___

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

              Yes_______                                   No___X___

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82      N/A

EXHIBIT LIST

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.

Exhibit 99.1

ICON Shareholders Vote in Favour of All Resolutions at Its Annual General Meeting

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2011--ICON plc advises that all resolutions recommended by the Board at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 18 July 2011 were duly passed by shareholders. These resolutions were set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting sent to shareholders on 17 June 2011 and are available on the ICON plc website www.iconplc.com.

Ciaran Murray, CFO

ICON plc

About ICON plc

ICON plc (NASDAQ:ICLR) (ISIN:IE0005711209) is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development – from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. ICON currently employs over 7,800 employees, operating from 77 locations in 39 countries.

Further information is available at www.iconplc.com

ICON/ICLR-F

CONTACT:
ICON plc
Sam Farthing, VP Investor Relations
Tel: 1-888-381-7923 / + 353 –1-291-2000
or
Ciaran Murray Chief Financial Officer
Tel: + 353 –1-291-2000
or
Brendan Brennan, Vice President, Corporate Finance
Tel: + 353 –1-291-2000