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<p style='line-height:normal' align="center"><b><font face="Arial">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>FORM 8&#8209;K</b></font></p>



<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2">CURRENT REPORT<br>
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of<br>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>



<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2">Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)</font></p>



<p align="center"><b><font face="Arial">October
5, 2005</font></b></p>



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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial"><b>MENTOR CORPORATION<br>
</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>



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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><u>0-7955</u></b></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><b>201 Mentor Drive<br>
Santa Barbara, California93111<br>
</b>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></p>



<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>(805) 879-6000<br>
</b>(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)</font></p>



<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Not Applicable<br>
</b>(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>



<p><font face="Arial" size="2">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:</font></p>

<p style='margin-left:14.25pt;text-indent:-14.25pt'><font face="Arial" size="2">[&nbsp; ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

<p style='margin-left:14.25pt;text-indent:-14.25pt'><font face="Arial" size="2">[&nbsp; ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>

<p style='margin-left:14.25pt;text-indent:-14.25pt'><font face="Arial" size="2">[&nbsp; ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>

<p style='margin-left:14.25pt;text-indent:-14.25pt'><font face="Arial" size="2">[&nbsp; ] Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Item
1.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</b></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">On October 5, 2005 (the &quot;Award Date&quot;), the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Mentor Corporation (the &quot;Company&quot;),
granted an award of
restricted shares of Company common stock (the &quot;Restricted Stock&quot;) as follows:</font></p>
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	Name and Position</b></font></td>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Joshua H. Levine</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President and Chief Executive
  Officer</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">80,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Loren L. McFarland</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">20,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Kathleen M. Beauchamp</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President, Sales
  &amp; Marketing</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">40,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">David J. Adornetto</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President, Operations</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">30,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">A. Chris Fawzy</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President
	and General Counsel</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">20,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Cathy Ullery</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President, Human Resources</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">15,000</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Clarke Scherff</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President, Regulatory Compliance / Quality Assurance</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">15,000</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">In addition, the Company granted 15,000 shares of Restricted
Stock to the Chairman of the Board and 4,857 shares of Restricted Stock to each
non-employee member of the Board of Directors of the Company.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">Pursuant to the Company's 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
&quot;Plan&quot;), the Company granted Restricted Stock valued at the fair market value
of $52.71 per share, the closing price of the Company's common stock on the New
York Stock Exchange as of the Award Date.&nbsp; The Restricted Stock is subject to
the terms of the Plan and an individual Restricted Stock Award Agreement to be
executed by each participant (the &quot;Award Agreement&quot;) as summarized below.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">In accordance with the Award Agreement and subject to its
terms, the Restricted Stock shall vest, and restrictions shall lapse, with
respect to one-fifth of the total number of shares of Restricted Stock on each
of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the Award Date.&nbsp;
The vesting schedule requires continued employment or service through each
applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable
installment of the Restricted Stock.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">Any unvested shares of Restricted Stock or any interest
therein, generally may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of,
alienated or encumbered.&nbsp; The participant shall be entitled to cash dividends
and voting rights with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock he or she has
been granted even if such Restricted Stock is unvested.&nbsp; Any such rights,
however, shall terminate as to any shares of Restricted Stock forfeited to the
Company (as described below).</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">By accepting this grant of Restricted Stock and executing
the Award Agreement, the participant agrees to be bound by the stock ownership
guidelines set forth in the Award Agreement.&nbsp; The participant agrees to attain,
by no later than the fifth anniversary of the Award Date, a level of stock ownership
(&quot;Ownership Threshold&quot;) at least equal to 2 times the participant's salary, or
3 times if the participant is the Company's Chief Executive Officer.&nbsp; For
purposes of the Award Agreement, the Ownership Threshold is calculated by
dividing the product of the participant's annual base salary times 2 (or times
3 if the participant is the Company's Chief Executive Officer) by the fair
market value of a share of the Company's common stock on the Award Date.&nbsp;
Ownership Thresholds for directors of the Company shall be calculated by
dividing the product of the director's total annual retainer times 3 by the
fair market value of a share of the Company's common stock on the Award
Date.&nbsp; Under the Award Agreement, the participant further agrees to maintain
this Ownership Threshold throughout the remainder of the participant's
employment or service with the Company and its subsidiaries.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>Example of Calculation of Ownership
Threshold. &nbsp;A participant (who is not a director or the Company's Chief
Executive Officer) has an annual base salary of $250,000, and the fair market
value of a share of the Company's stock on the award date is $50.00.&nbsp; The
participant's Ownership Threshold will be 10,000 shares (250,000*2 /50.00).&nbsp;</i></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">The Award Agreement also provides for additional
restrictions upon the vesting of the Restricted Stock (and subject to any
applicable laws or regulations and the Company's insider trading policies),
during the 5-year vesting period (&quot;Additional Restrictions&quot;).&nbsp; Specifically, the
participant may only transfer up to 40% of his or her vested shares of
Restricted Stock in the aggregate to cover tax consequences of such vesting,
which such transfer restriction shall terminate on the earlier of: (a) the
fifth anniversary of the Award Date, or (b) the participant's severance date.<i>&nbsp;</i></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">The Company's Board of Directors
retains the right, in its sole discretion to reduce or waive any participant's
Ownership Threshold or the Additional Restrictions.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">If the participant ceases to be
employed or ceases to provide services to the Company, the participant's
unvested Restricted Stock shall be forfeited to the Company regardless of the
reason for the participant's termination.&nbsp; Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
Change in Control Event (as defined in the Award Agreement) occurs and any
unvested shares of Restricted Stock do not automatically accelerate or become
fully vested in connection with the Change in Control Event, and if, within 12
months of the date of the Change in Control Event the participant is terminated
by the Company or any subsidiary for any reason other than for Cause (as
defined in the Award Agreement) or as a result of the participant's resignation
for Good Reason (as defined in the Award Agreement), the Restricted Stock shall
become fully vested upon the participant's termination.&nbsp; If the participant is
a member of the Company's Board of Directors at the time of the Change in
Control Event and ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors for any
reason within 12 months following the date of the Change in Control Event, any
unvested shares of Restricted Stock not previously subject to automatic acceleration
shall become fully vested as of the date the participant ceases to be a
director.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Item
8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Events&nbsp;</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2">Effective
on September 15, 2005, the Company's Board of Directors designated the
following individuals as the Company's executive officers:&nbsp; </font> </p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Joshua H. Levine</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President and Chief
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Loren L. McFarland</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">Kathleen M. Beauchamp</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Vice President, Sales &amp; Marketing</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">David J. Adornetto</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Vice President, Operations</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">A. Chris Fawzy</font></p>
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	<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Vice President and General Counsel</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2">Ms. Ullery
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will no longer be designated as executive officers of the Company.</font></p>
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<p style='text-align:justify'><font face="Arial" size="2">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
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  <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; October 11, 2005</font></p>
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MENTOR CORPORATION
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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)
October
5, 2005
MENTOR CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
0-7955
41-0950791
(State or
  other jurisdiction of
  incorporation)
(Commission
  File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
201 Mentor Drive
Santa Barbara, California93111
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(805) 879-6000
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
1
Item
1.01          Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On October 5, 2005 (the "Award Date"), the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Mentor Corporation (the "Company"),
granted an award of
restricted shares of Company common stock (the "Restricted Stock") as follows:
Name and Position
Number of Shares of
	Restricted Stock
Joshua H. Levine
President and Chief Executive
  Officer
80,000
Loren L. McFarland
Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
20,000
Kathleen M. Beauchamp
Vice President, Sales
  & Marketing
40,000
David J. Adornetto
Vice President, Operations
30,000
A. Chris Fawzy
Vice President
	and General Counsel
20,000
Cathy Ullery
Vice President, Human Resources
15,000
Clarke Scherff
Vice President, Regulatory Compliance / Quality Assurance
15,000
In addition, the Company granted 15,000 shares of Restricted
Stock to the Chairman of the Board and 4,857 shares of Restricted Stock to each
non-employee member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Pursuant to the Company's 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), the Company granted Restricted Stock valued at the fair market value
of $52.71 per share, the closing price of the Company's common stock on the New
York Stock Exchange as of the Award Date.  The Restricted Stock is subject to
the terms of the Plan and an individual Restricted Stock Award Agreement to be
executed by each participant (the "Award Agreement") as summarized below.
In accordance with the Award Agreement and subject to its
terms, the Restricted Stock shall vest, and restrictions shall lapse, with
respect to one-fifth of the total number of shares of Restricted Stock on each
of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the Award Date. 
The vesting schedule requires continued employment or service through each
applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable
installment of the Restricted Stock.
Any unvested shares of Restricted Stock or any interest
therein, generally may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of,
alienated or encumbered.  The participant shall be entitled to cash dividends
and voting rights with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock he or she has
been granted even if such Restricted Stock is unvested.  Any such rights,
however, shall terminate as to any shares of Restricted Stock forfeited to the
Company (as described below).
2
By accepting this grant of Restricted Stock and executing
the Award Agreement, the participant agrees to be bound by the stock ownership
guidelines set forth in the Award Agreement.  The participant agrees to attain,
by no later than the fifth anniversary of the Award Date, a level of stock ownership
("Ownership Threshold") at least equal to 2 times the participant's salary, or
3 times if the participant is the Company's Chief Executive Officer.  For
purposes of the Award Agreement, the Ownership Threshold is calculated by
dividing the product of the participant's annual base salary times 2 (or times
3 if the participant is the Company's Chief Executive Officer) by the fair
market value of a share of the Company's common stock on the Award Date. 
Ownership Thresholds for directors of the Company shall be calculated by
dividing the product of the director's total annual retainer times 3 by the
fair market value of a share of the Company's common stock on the Award
Date.  Under the Award Agreement, the participant further agrees to maintain
this Ownership Threshold throughout the remainder of the participant's
employment or service with the Company and its subsidiaries.
Example of Calculation of Ownership
Threshold.  A participant (who is not a director or the Company's Chief
Executive Officer) has an annual base salary of $250,000, and the fair market
value of a share of the Company's stock on the award date is $50.00.  The
participant's Ownership Threshold will be 10,000 shares (250,000*2 /50.00).
The Award Agreement also provides for additional
restrictions upon the vesting of the Restricted Stock (and subject to any
applicable laws or regulations and the Company's insider trading policies),
during the 5-year vesting period ("Additional Restrictions").  Specifically, the
participant may only transfer up to 40% of his or her vested shares of
Restricted Stock in the aggregate to cover tax consequences of such vesting,
which such transfer restriction shall terminate on the earlier of: (a) the
fifth anniversary of the Award Date, or (b) the participant's severance date.
The Company's Board of Directors
retains the right, in its sole discretion to reduce or waive any participant's
Ownership Threshold or the Additional Restrictions.
If the participant ceases to be
employed or ceases to provide services to the Company, the participant's
unvested Restricted Stock shall be forfeited to the Company regardless of the
reason for the participant's termination.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
Change in Control Event (as defined in the Award Agreement) occurs and any
unvested shares of Restricted Stock do not automatically accelerate or become
fully vested in connection with the Change in Control Event, and if, within 12
months of the date of the Change in Control Event the participant is terminated
by the Company or any subsidiary for any reason other than for Cause (as
defined in the Award Agreement) or as a result of the participant's resignation
for Good Reason (as defined in the Award Agreement), the Restricted Stock shall
become fully vested upon the participant's termination.  If the participant is
a member of the Company's Board of Directors at the time of the Change in
Control Event and ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors for any
reason within 12 months following the date of the Change in Control Event, any
unvested shares of Restricted Stock not previously subject to automatic acceleration
shall become fully vested as of the date the participant ceases to be a
director.
Item
8.01          Other Events
Effective
on September 15, 2005, the Company's Board of Directors designated the
following individuals as the Company's executive officers:
Joshua H. Levine
President and Chief
  Executive Officer
Loren L. McFarland
Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
Kathleen M. Beauchamp
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
David J. Adornetto
Vice President, Operations
A. Chris Fawzy
Vice President and General Counsel
Ms. Ullery
and Mr. Scherff will continue in their current positions with the Company, but
will no longer be designated as executive officers of the Company.
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SIGNATURES
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.
Mentor
  Corporation
Date:    October 11, 2005
By:
/s/Joshua H. Levine
Joshua H. Levine
Chief Executive Officer
Date:    October 11, 2005
By:
/s/Loren L. McFarland
Loren L. McFarland
Chief Financial Officer
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