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March 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the
&#8220;Company&#8221;), upon the recommendation of the Management Development and
Compensation Committee of the Board of the Directors, approved amendments to the
Gerber Scientific, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries Pension Plan (the
&#8220;Pension Plan&#8221;) and the Gerber Scientific, Inc. Participating Subsidiaries
Supplemental Pension Benefit Plan (the &#8220;SERP&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Effective April 30,
2009, the amendments to the Pension Plan and the SERP freeze future benefit
accruals under the plans and provide that participants in the plans will not
receive credit either for eligible earnings paid after that date or for any
months of service worked after that date.&#160;&#160;All accrued benefits under
the Pension Plan and the SERP will remain intact, and service credits for
vesting and retirement eligibility will continue in accordance with the terms of
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Company for all U.S. employees who were hired before May 1, 2004.&#160;&#160;The
Company maintains the SERP to provide additional retirement benefits to its more
highly paid executives in excess of the compensation limitations and maximum
benefit accruals for tax-qualified plans imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code.&#160;&#160;Participation in the SERP is limited to employees hired before
May 1, 2004.&#160;&#160;Some of the Company&#8217;s executive officers, including Marc
T. Giles (President and Chief Executive Officer), James S. Arthurs (Senior Vice
President, Gerber Scientific, Inc. and President, Asia Pacific) and John Hancock
(Senior Vice President, Gerber Scientific, Inc. and President, Gerber
Technology), participate in the Pension Plan and the SERP.</font></div>
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pensionamendment8k.htm
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
      D.C.  20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
THE
      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 10,
      2009
GERBER SCIENTIFIC,
      INC.
(Exact
      name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
CONNECTICUT
1-5865
06-0640743
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
      File No.)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
83 Gerber Road West,
      South Windsor, Connecticut
06074
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
      Telephone Number, including area code:
(860)
      644-1551
Not
      Applicable
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
      the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
      of the following provisions:

Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)

Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4© under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      5.02
Departure
      of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
      Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers
(e)         On
March 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the
"Company"), upon the recommendation of the Management Development and
Compensation Committee of the Board of the Directors, approved amendments to the
Gerber Scientific, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries Pension Plan (the
"Pension Plan") and the Gerber Scientific, Inc. Participating Subsidiaries
Supplemental Pension Benefit Plan (the "SERP").  Effective April 30,
2009, the amendments to the Pension Plan and the SERP freeze future benefit
accruals under the plans and provide that participants in the plans will not
receive credit either for eligible earnings paid after that date or for any
months of service worked after that date.  All accrued benefits under
the Pension Plan and the SERP will remain intact, and service credits for
vesting and retirement eligibility will continue in accordance with the terms of
each plan.
The
Pension Plan is a tax-qualified noncontributory pension plan maintained by the
Company for all U.S. employees who were hired before May 1, 2004.  The
Company maintains the SERP to provide additional retirement benefits to its more
highly paid executives in excess of the compensation limitations and maximum
benefit accruals for tax-qualified plans imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code.  Participation in the SERP is limited to employees hired before
May 1, 2004.  Some of the Company's executive officers, including Marc
T. Giles (President and Chief Executive Officer), James S. Arthurs (Senior Vice
President, Gerber Scientific, Inc. and President, Asia Pacific) and John Hancock
(Senior Vice President, Gerber Scientific, Inc. and President, Gerber
Technology), participate in the Pension Plan and the SERP.
Item
8.01                      Other
Events
The
information set forth under Item 5.02(e) of this report is hereby incorporated
by reference in this Item 8.01.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
GERBER
      SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Date:  March
      12, 2009
By:
/s/    William
      V. Grickis, Jr.
William V. Grickis,
      Jr.
Senior Vice President, General
      Counsel and Secretary
(On behalf of the Registrant
      and as
Duly Authorized
      Officer)