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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;25, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gerber Scientific, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Connecticut</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-0640743</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>83 Gerber Road West <BR>
South Windsor, Connecticut</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>06074</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>William V. Grickis, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
83 Gerber Road West<BR>
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(860)&nbsp;644-1551</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>Richard J. Parrino, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-5600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<TD valign="top">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price per</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registered(1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">share(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">price(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of registration fee</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">9.29</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,927,500</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">547.35</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement covers, in
addition to the number of shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of
shares of common stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the Gerber Scientific,
Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, may become subject to such plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for
purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices
per share of the common stock on September&nbsp;19, 2008, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by
reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Gerber Scientific, Inc.
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) on September&nbsp;22, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-137546), relating to shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;Stock Incentive Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement, which is
being filed to register an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to the
Stock Incentive Plan, consists of the facing page, this page, other required information, and
required opinions, consents and other exhibits.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The disclosure contained in Item&nbsp;2.05 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;8, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;10, 2008 and September&nbsp;25, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in its registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;11, 1980, and all amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant does not incorporate by reference any portion of any document, including any
Current Report on Form 8-K, which is not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject any portion
of any such document to the liability of that section unless the Registrant expressly states that
such information is so deemed to be filed or unless the Registrant expressly incorporates such
information by reference in this registration statement. Subject to the foregoing, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated in this
registration statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant herewith files or incorporates by reference the exhibits identified below:
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;). Filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October&nbsp;31,
2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of Gerber Scientific, Inc. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;1, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of common stock certificate of the Company. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the common stock registered hereby.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding the financial statements of the Company.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&#160;&#160;&#160;Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting
method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to
such purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized, in the city of South Windsor, state of Connecticut, on this 25th day of September
2008.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Marc T. Giles</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Marc T. Giles&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Duly Authorized Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc T. Giles and Michael
R. Elia, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact of
any of them, or his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of September&nbsp;25, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">s/ Marc T. Giles</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marc T. Giles
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">s/ Michael R. Elia</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael R. Elia
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ John J. Krawczynski</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John J. Krawczynski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Donald P. Aiken</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald P. Aiken
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman and Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Edward G. Jepsen </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward G. Jepsen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Randall D. Ledford </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Randall D. Ledford</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ John R. Lord</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John R. Lord</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Carole F. St. Mark</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Carole F. St. Mark</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ W. Jerome Vereen</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Jerome Vereen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;). Filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October&nbsp;31,
2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of Gerber Scientific, Inc. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;1, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of common stock certificate of the Company. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the common stock registered hereby.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding the financial statements of the Company.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Connecticut
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
06-0640743
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
83 Gerber Road West
South Windsor, Connecticut
(Address of principal executive offices)
06074
(Zip Code)
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
William V. Grickis, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
83 Gerber Road West
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074
(Name and address of agent for service)
(860) 644-1551
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Richard J. Parrino, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Title of securities to be registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock
1,500,000
$
9.29
$
13,927,500
$
547.35
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement covers, in
addition to the number of shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of
shares of common stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the Gerber Scientific,
Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, may become subject to such plan.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for
purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices
per share of the common stock on September 19, 2008, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by
reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Gerber Scientific, Inc.
(the "Registrant") on September 22, 2006 (File No. 333-137546), relating to shares of the
Registrant's common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (as amended and restated, the "Stock Incentive Plan"). This Registration Statement, which is
being filed to register an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to the
Stock Incentive Plan, consists of the facing page, this page, other required information, and
required opinions, consents and other exhibits.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2008.
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2008.
(c)
The disclosure contained in Item 2.05 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008.
(d)
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 10, 2008 and September 25, 2008.
(e)
Description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 11, 1980, and all amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
The Registrant does not incorporate by reference any portion of any document, including any
Current Report on Form 8-K, which is not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject any portion
of any such document to the liability of that section unless the Registrant expressly states that
such information is so deemed to be filed or unless the Registrant expressly incorporates such
information by reference in this registration statement. Subject to the foregoing, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated in this
registration statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
Item 8.   Exhibits.
The Registrant herewith files or incorporates by reference the exhibits identified below:
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the "Company"). Filed
as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31,
2004 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Gerber Scientific, Inc. Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Form of common stock certificate of the Company. Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
* 5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the common stock registered hereby.
10.1
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on September 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference.
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding the financial statements of the Company.
*23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.
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Item 9.   Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting
method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to
such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934)
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that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized, in the city of South Windsor, state of Connecticut, on this 25th day of September
2008.
GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
By:
/s/ Marc T. Giles
Marc T. Giles
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc T. Giles and Michael
R. Elia, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact of
any of them, or his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of September 25, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
/
s/ Marc T. Giles
Marc T. Giles
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/
s/ Michael R. Elia
Michael R. Elia
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John J. Krawczynski
John J. Krawczynski
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Donald P. Aiken
Donald P. Aiken
Chairman and Director
/s/ Edward G. Jepsen
Director
Edward G. Jepsen
/s/ Randall D. Ledford
Director
Randall D. Ledford
/s/ John R. Lord
Director
John R. Lord
/s/ Carole F. St. Mark
Director
Carole F. St. Mark
/s/ W. Jerome Vereen
W. Jerome Vereen
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the "Company"). Filed
as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31,
2004 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Gerber Scientific, Inc. Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Form of common stock certificate of the Company. Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
* 5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the common stock registered hereby.
10.1
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on September 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference.
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding the financial statements of the Company.
*23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.
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