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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;30, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______

<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
___________</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Gerber Scientific, Inc.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Connecticut</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-0640743</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)<br><br></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>83 Gerber Road West</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>South Windsor, Connecticut</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06074</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan<BR>
Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s Stock Grant Plan<BR>
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><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)



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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>Richard J. Parrino, Esq.<BR>
John M. Rafferty, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<BR>
8300 Greensboro Drive<BR>
McLean, VA 22102<BR>
(703)&nbsp;610-6100</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Common Stock</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">900,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6.56</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,904,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">748.04</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Common Stock</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">111,071</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6.56</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">728,626</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">92.32</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Common Stock</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">250,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6.56</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,640,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">207.79</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Total</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,261,071</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">8,272,626</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,048.15</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), 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. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan, the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s Stock Grant Plan and the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan, may
become subject to such plans.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
Act 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 June
24, 2004, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s Stock Grant Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be
sent or given to participants in the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee
Stock Option Plan, the Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s Stock
Grant Plan and the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive
Bonus Plan. According to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will
not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), either as
part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. For each of the
plans referred to above, these documents and the documents incorporated by
reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents which have been filed by Gerber Scientific, Inc.
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the SEC are hereby incorporated herein by reference:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended April&nbsp;30, 2003, filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;29, 2003;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;11,
2003;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended October&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;11,
2003;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;15,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the
SEC on December&nbsp;23, 2003, April&nbsp;8, 2004 and June&nbsp;24, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in
its Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;11, 1980, including any
amendments or reports the Registrant files for the purpose of
updating this description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 and reports 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 or reports.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference into 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 into 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. (The common stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.)


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Connecticut corporation subject to the applicable
indemnification provisions of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (the
&#147;CBCA&#148;). Under section 33-771 of the CBCA, a corporation incorporated under
the laws of Connecticut prior to January&nbsp;1, 1997, such as the Registrant, is
required to indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he
or she is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if (a)&nbsp;such
person conducted himself or herself in good faith, (b)&nbsp;such person reasonably
believed (i)&nbsp;in the case of conduct in such person&#146;s official capacity, that
his or her conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, (ii)&nbsp;in all
other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, and (c)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Unless ordered by a court, a corporation may not indemnify such
person in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation
(except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if
it is determined that such person has met the standard of conduct set forth in
the foregoing sentence) or in connection with any proceeding with respect to
conduct for which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she
received a financial benefit to which he or she was not entitled. Indemnity is
mandatory to the extent the matter has been successfully defended. In
addition, under
section 33-776 of the CBCA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Connecticut prior to January&nbsp;1, 1997 is required to indemnify an officer,
employee and agent who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is an
officer, employee or agent of the corporation to the same extent as a director.
Section&nbsp;33-776 of the CBCA further provides that if such person is an officer,
employee or agent but not a director and such person is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer, employee or agent of the corporation, a
corporation may indemnify such person to such further extent, consistent with
public policy, as may be provided by contract, the certificate of incorporation
of the corporation, the bylaws of the corporation or a resolution of the board
of directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s by-laws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify and reimburse, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law,
any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the
fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the
Registrant, for expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, and such amount of any
judgment, fine or settlement for which he or she may have become liable or
actually incurred in connection with the defense or reasonable settlement of
any such action or threatened action, suit or proceeding. The Registrant&#146;s
certificate of incorporation provides that the personal liability of
any director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
breaching his or her duty as a director is limited to the amount of
compensation received by the director for serving the Registrant during the
year of the violation if such breach did not, among other things, (a)&nbsp;involve a
knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (b)&nbsp;enable the director
or an associate to receive an improper personal economic gain, (c)&nbsp;show a lack
of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the
Registrant under circumstances in which the director was aware that his or her
conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the
Registrant, or (d)
constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an
abdication of the director&#146;s duty to the Registrant. The Registrant has
obtained directors&#146; and officers&#146; reimbursement and liability insurance against
certain liabilities.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit No.</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></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">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock
Option Plan. Filed as Appendix&nbsp;B to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC
on August&nbsp;8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s
Stock Grant Plan. Filed as Appendix&nbsp;C to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC
on August&nbsp;8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<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">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive
Annual Incentive Bonus Plan. Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<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. Filed
herewith.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<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 Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<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. (contained in
its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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;

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic 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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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) 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of South Windsor, state of Connecticut, on this 30th
day of June, 2004.


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Marc T. Giles
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Marc T. Giles&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President, Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc T.
Giles and Shawn M. Harrington, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed as of June&nbsp;30, 2004 by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Marc T. Giles<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Marc T. Giles</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Shawn M. Harrington<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Shawn M. Harrington</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and Chief<BR>
Financial Officer (Principal Financial<BR>
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Donald P. Aiken<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Donald P. Aiken</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman and Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ George M. Gentile<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
George M. Gentile</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="64%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
David J. Gerber</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Edward G. Jepsen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Edward G. Jepsen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Randall D. Ledford<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Randall D. Ledford</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David J. Logan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
David J. Logan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John R. Lord<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
John R. Lord</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Carole F. St. Mark<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Carole F. St. Mark</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ A. Robert Towbin<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
A. Robert Towbin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ W. Jerome Vereen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
W. Jerome Vereen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="73%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit No.</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock
Option Plan. Filed as Appendix&nbsp;B to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC
on August&nbsp;8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director&#146;s
Stock Grant Plan. Filed as Appendix&nbsp;C to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC
on August&nbsp;8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive
Annual Incentive Bonus Plan. Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;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. Filed
herewith.</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 Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. Filed herewith.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2004
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
06-0640743
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
83 Gerber Road West
South Windsor, Connecticut
06074
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan
Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's Stock Grant Plan
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus 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.
John M. Rafferty, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
8300 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 610-6100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
Title of securities to be registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
fee
Common Stock
900,000
(3)
$
6.56
$
5,904,000
$
748.04
Common Stock
111,071
(4)
$
6.56
$
728,626
$
92.32
Common Stock
250,000
(5)
$
6.56
$
1,640,000
$
207.79
Total
1,261,071
$
8,272,626
$
1,048.15
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), 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. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan, the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's Stock Grant Plan and the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan, may
become subject to such plans.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
Act 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 June
24, 2004, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(3)
Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Option Plan.
(4)
Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's Stock Grant Plan.
(5)
Represents shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Gerber
Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*  The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
sent or given to participants in the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee
Stock Option Plan, the Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's Stock
Grant Plan and the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive Annual Incentive
Bonus Plan. According to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will
not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), either as
part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. For each of the
plans referred to above, these documents and the documents incorporated by
reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents which have been filed by Gerber Scientific, Inc.
(the "Registrant") with the SEC are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended April 30, 2003, filed with the SEC on July 29, 2003;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended July 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on September 11,
2003;
(c)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended October 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on December 11,
2003;
(d)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended January 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on March 15,
2004;
(e)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the
SEC on December 23, 2003, April 8, 2004 and June 24, 2004; and
(f)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
its Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 11, 1980, including any
amendments or reports the Registrant files for the purpose of
updating this 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 and reports 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 or reports.
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In addition, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference into 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 into 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 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable. (The common stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.)
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a Connecticut corporation subject to the applicable
indemnification provisions of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (the
"CBCA"). Under section 33-771 of the CBCA, a corporation incorporated under
the laws of Connecticut prior to January 1, 1997, such as the Registrant, is
required to indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he
or she is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if (a) such
person conducted himself or herself in good faith, (b) such person reasonably
believed (i) in the case of conduct in such person's official capacity, that
his or her conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, (ii) in all
other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Unless ordered by a court, a corporation may not indemnify such
person in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation
(except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if
it is determined that such person has met the standard of conduct set forth in
the foregoing sentence) or in connection with any proceeding with respect to
conduct for which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she
received a financial benefit to which he or she was not entitled. Indemnity is
mandatory to the extent the matter has been successfully defended. In
addition, under
section 33-776 of the CBCA, a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Connecticut prior to January 1, 1997 is required to indemnify an officer,
employee and agent who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is an
officer, employee or agent of the corporation to the same extent as a director.
Section 33-776 of the CBCA further provides that if such person is an officer,
employee or agent but not a director and such person is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer, employee or agent of the corporation, a
corporation may indemnify such person to such further extent, consistent with
public policy, as may be provided by contract, the certificate of incorporation
of the corporation, the bylaws of the corporation or a resolution of the board
of directors.
The Registrant's by-laws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify and reimburse, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law,
any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the
fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the
Registrant, for expenses, including attorneys' fees, and such amount of any
judgment, fine or settlement for which he or she may have become liable or
actually incurred in connection with the defense or reasonable settlement of
any such action or threatened action, suit or proceeding. The Registrant's
certificate of incorporation provides that the personal liability of
any director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
breaching his or her duty as a director is limited to the amount of
compensation received by the director for serving the Registrant during the
year of the violation if such breach did not, among other things, (a) involve a
knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (b) enable the director
or an associate to receive an improper personal economic gain, (c) show a lack
of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the
Registrant under circumstances in which the director was aware that his or her
conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the
Registrant, or (d)
constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an
abdication of the director's duty to the Registrant. The Registrant has
obtained directors' and officers' reimbursement and liability insurance against
certain liabilities.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock
Option Plan. Filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC
on August 8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's
Stock Grant Plan. Filed as Appendix C to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC
on August 8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive
Annual Incentive Bonus Plan. Filed herewith.
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. with respect to
the legality of the common stock registered hereby. Filed
herewith.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (contained in
its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page
to this registration statement).
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;
(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-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic 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.
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(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.
(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) 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, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of South Windsor, state of Connecticut, on this 30th
day of June, 2004.
GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
By:
/s/ Marc T. Giles
Marc T. Giles
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc T.
Giles and Shawn M. Harrington, 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 June 30, 2004 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/ Shawn M. Harrington
Shawn M. Harrington
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Donald P. Aiken
Donald P. Aiken
Chairman and Director
/s/ George M. Gentile
George M. Gentile
Director
Signature
Title
David J. Gerber
Director
/s/ Edward G. Jepsen
Edward G. Jepsen
Director
/s/ Randall D. Ledford
Randall D. Ledford
Director
/s/ David J. Logan
David J. Logan
Director
/s/ John R. Lord
John R. Lord
Director
/s/ Carole F. St. Mark
Carole F. St. Mark
Director
/s/ A. Robert Towbin
A. Robert Towbin
Director
/s/ W. Jerome Vereen
W. Jerome Vereen
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock
Option Plan. Filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC
on August 8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Gerber Scientific, Inc. Non-Employee Director's
Stock Grant Plan. Filed as Appendix C to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC
on August 8, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2005-2006 Executive
Annual Incentive Bonus Plan. Filed herewith.
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. with respect
to the legality of the common stock registered hereby. Filed
herewith.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (contained in
its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature
page to this registration statement).