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):
 
July 31, 2008
 
Analogic Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
Massachusetts
0-6715
04-2454372
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
  
 
 
8 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts
 
01960
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(Address of principal executive offices)
 
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(Zip Code)

 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
978-326-4000
 
Not Applicable
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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: 
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On July 31, 2008, Edmund F. Becker, Jr., the former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Analogic Corporation (the “Registrant”), voluntarily retired from employment with the Registrant. His retirement was taken pursuant to the Registrant’s Special Retirement Benefit Plan, a plan which was offered to all regular employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries located in the United States (Copley Controls Corporation, B-K Medical Systems, Inc., and Sound Technology, Inc.) who were sixty-three (63) years of age or older as of July 31, 2008, and were scheduled to work twenty-four (24) hours or more per week as of that date.

 
 
 
 
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.
 
     
 
Analogic Corporation
 
 		  
 		  
 
August 5, 2008
By:
/s/ Bruce G. Garr
 
Name: Bruce G. Garr
 
Title: Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary