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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 25, 2008
GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Connecticut
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1-5865
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06-0640743 |
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(Commission File No.)
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(I.R.S. Employer |
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Identification No.) |
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| 83 Gerber Road West, South Windsor, Connecticut
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06074 |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: 860-644-1551
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changes since last report)
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| Item 5.02. |
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
(e) On September 25, 2008, the shareholders of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”)
voted at the Company’s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders to approve an amendment to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) which increased the total
number of shares of the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to the Incentive Plan, excluding
any shares related to awards granted under specified prior stock incentive plans, by 1,500,000
shares from a total of 1,500,000 shares to a total of 3,000,000 shares. The Incentive Plan
provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights,
performance awards and other stock-based and cash-based awards to officers, directors and other
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the
foregoing amendment on July 21, 2008.
A copy of the Incentive Plan, including Section 4.1 as amended by the amendment described
above, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The Company herewith files the following exhibit:
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Description of Exhibit |
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10.1
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Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended |
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