UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): April 30, 2009

LABARGE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

001-05761

73-0574586

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

9900 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri

63124

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


(314) 997-0800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 2.02.     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 30, 2009, LaBarge, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal 2009 third quarter ended March 29, 2009.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference.

The information reported under this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company.  Certain matters contained herein are based upon information available to management as of the date hereof.  These forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.  As a result, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.  Factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), as may be updated from time to time in the Company’s subsequent filings with the Commission.  The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Item 5.02.     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective May 4, 2009, all executive officers of the Company will have his or her annual base salary reduced by five percent.  The salary reductions were implemented as part of the Company’s cost savings initiatives.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
 
99.1 Press release of LaBarge, Inc., dated April 30, 2009.

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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.

Dated:

April 30, 2009

 

LABARGE, INC.

 

By:

/s/Donald H. Nonnenkamp

Name:

Donald H. Nonnenkamp

Title:

Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer and Secretary

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