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text: 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 29, 2008
  deCODE genetics, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Delaware
  000-30469
  04-3326704
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  (Commission
  (I.R.S. Employer
  of Incorporation)
  File Number)
  Identification No.)
  Sturlugata 8, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  +354-570-1900
  (Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last
  Report)
  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:
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  Item 5.02.
  Departure of
  Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  At the 2008 Annual Meeting of the
  Stockholders of deCODE genetics, Inc. (the
  "Company"
  ) held on May 29,
  2008, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's 2006
  Equity Incentive Plan (the
  "2006 Plan"
  ) to increase the maximum number of shares of common
  stock that may be issued under the Plan from 4,000,000 to 10,000,000.
  Under the terms of the 2006 Plan, the Company's non-employee directors,
  employees and consultants are eligible to receive stock options, restricted
  stock and stock appreciation rights (including stock appreciation rights
  granted in tandem with stock options). 
  The 2006 Plan is  administered by
  the Compensation Committee of the Board.
  A copy of the 2006 Plan, as amended, is attached as Exhibit 10.1
  hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. 
  The preceding discussion of the 2006 Plan is qualified by reference to
  such Exhibit.
  Item 9.01.   
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  10.1
  2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
  2
  SIGNATURE
  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.
  deCODE genetics, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ KARI STEFANSSON
  Kari Stefansson,
  President, Chief Executive Officer
  Dated:  May 29,
  2008
  3