<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<DIV
style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
<DIV
style="font-size: 1pt; width: 100%; border-bottom: black 2pt solid">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV
style="font-size: 1pt; width: 100%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</DIV>

<P style="font-size: 14pt" align="center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
<FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549
</FONT></B>

<P style="font-size: 18pt" align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

<P style="font-size: 12pt" align="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): October 6, 2008</B>

<P style="font-size: 24pt" align="center"><B>CERADYNE, INC.<BR>
</B><FONT
style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</FONT>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR>
  <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>000-13059</B></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>33-0055414</B></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="top">
  <TD>(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>(Commission File Number)</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR>
  <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>3169 Red Hill Avenue, Costa
Mesa, CA<BR>
</B></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>92626</B></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="top">
  <TD>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>(Zip Code)</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>


<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number,
including area code: <B>(714) 549-0421</B>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" width="30%" border="0">

 <TR>
  <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid" nowrap><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD nowrap>(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>


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

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)<BR>
<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)<BR>
<BR>
<FONT
face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))<BR>
<BR>
<FONT
face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))<BR>


<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt; font-size: 1pt; width: 100%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; width: 100%; border-bottom: black 2pt solid">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">1
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV
style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation&nbsp;FD
Disclosure.</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">On October 6, 2008,
Ceradyne, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has received an ID/IQ
contract for both its XSAPI and ESAPI personal ceramic armor plates from the
U.S. Army RDECOM, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Simultaneously, Ceradyne
received the first delivery order for First Article&nbsp;Testing
(FAT)&nbsp;valued at $943,000 scheduled for shipment by November&nbsp;2008. A
copy of this press release is being furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">In accordance with
General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, including Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221;
for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><B>(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.</B>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"
border="0">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->

 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid" valign="top"><B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;Number</I></B></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid" valign="top" align="left"><B><I>Description</I></B></TD>
 </TR>


 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px">99.1 </DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">Press release of Ceradyne, Inc. dated
October&nbsp;6, 2008.</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">2

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

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">2
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV
style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

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

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">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.
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"
border="0">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->

 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left" colspan="3">CERADYNE, INC.</TD>
 </TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px">October&nbsp;8, 2008 </DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">By: </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">/s/ Jerrold J. Pellizzon</TD>
 </TR>
 <TR style="font-size: 1px">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD style="border-top: #000000 1px solid" valign="top"
align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">Jerrold J. Pellizzon<BR>
Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">3

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

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">3
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV
style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"
border="0">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->

 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV
style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;Number</I></B>&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="center"><B><I>Description</I></B></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR valign="bottom">
  <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px">99.1 </DIV>
</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign="top" align="left">Press release of Ceradyne, Inc. dated
October&nbsp;6, 2008.</TD>
 </TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">4

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

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

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">4
</DIV>


</BODY>
</HTML>
[{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "c75809e8vk.htm", "description": "FORM 8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 9776}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "CERADYNE INC", "cik": "0000018937", "assigned-sic": "3990", "irs-number": "330055414", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-13059", "film-number": "081114594"}, "business-address": {"street1": "3169 RED HILL AVENUE", "city": "COSTA MESA", "state": "CA", "zip": "92626", "phone": "7145490421"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "3169 RED HILL AVENUE", "city": "COSTA MESA", "state": "CA", "zip": "92626"}}
Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
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): October 6, 2008
CERADYNE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-13059
33-0055414
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3169 Red Hill Avenue, Costa
Mesa, CA
92626
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code:
(714) 549-0421
(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:
o
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure.
On October 6, 2008,
Ceradyne, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has received an ID/IQ
contract for both its XSAPI and ESAPI personal ceramic armor plates from the
U.S. Army RDECOM, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Simultaneously, Ceradyne
received the first delivery order for First Article Testing
(FAT) valued at $943,000 scheduled for shipment by November 2008. A
copy of this press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with
General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed"
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press release of Ceradyne, Inc. dated
October 6, 2008.
2
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.
CERADYNE, INC.
October 8, 2008
By:
/s/ Jerrold J. Pellizzon
Jerrold J. Pellizzon
Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
3
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press release of Ceradyne, Inc. dated
October 6, 2008.
4