Brooks Automation, Inc.
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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) December 28, 2004

Brooks Automation, Inc.


(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

Delaware


(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
0-25434   04-3040660

 
 
 
(Commission File Number)   (I. R. S. Employer Identification No.)
     
15 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA   01824

 
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(978) 262 2400


(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1 Press release dated December 28, 2004 of Brooks Automation, Inc.


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Item 8.01. Other Events

     On December 28, 2004, Brooks Automation, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has accelerated the vesting of certain unvested options awarded to employees, officers and other eligible participants under the Company’s various stock option plans other than its 1993 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. The affected options are those which had exercise prices greater than approximately $24 per share. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description
99.1
  Press release dated December 28, 2004 of Brooks Automation, Inc.

 


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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.

         
Dated: December 28, 2004  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Robert W. Woodbury, Jr.    
    Robert W. Woodbury, Jr., Senior Vice   
    President and Chief Financial Officer   

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description
99.1
  Press release dated December 28, 2004 of Brooks Automation, Inc.