Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 22, 2008

 

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   001-05075   04-2052042

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

940 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts   02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 663-6900

Not applicable.

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On April 22, 2008, the Board of Directors of PerkinElmer, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to Article II, Section 5 of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to provide that the mandatory retirement age for directors be increased from seventy to seventy-two, effective as of April 22, 2008. Under the amended By-laws, except in special circumstances specifically approved by the Board, a director will be deemed to have retired at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders following the date the director becomes seventy-two years old.

The By-laws of the Company, as amended and restated, are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and are herein incorporated by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

See Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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.

 

  PERKINELMER, INC.
Date: April 28, 2008   By:  

/s/ Jeffrey D. Capello

  Name:   Jeffrey D. Capello
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

3.1

    By-laws of the Company, Amended and Restated as of April 22, 2008