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0001519218
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000031791
PERKINELMER INC
001-05075
940 WINTER STREET
WALTHAM
MA
02451
781-663-5791
Okun Andrew
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
3146
425618.67
126411985
04/12/2023
NYSE
Common
04/12/2023
Option Granted - 01/30/2020
Issuer
N
701
04/12/2023
Cash
Common
01/30/2023
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2445
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Compensation
N
Andrew Okun
940 Winter Street
Waltham
MA
02451
Common
04/11/2023
1851
249896.34
04/12/2023
02/21/2023
/s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Andrew Okun