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

                       January 16, 2002 (January 14, 2002)

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)




                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          California                     0-18645                94-2802192
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)


                              645 North Mary Avenue
                           Sunnyvale, California 94088

          (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)


                                 (408) 481-8000

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)







Item 5.           Other Events.

     On January 14, 2002,  Trimble  Navigation  Limited (the "Company")  entered
into the First Amended and Restated  Stock and Warrant  Purchase  Agreement (the
"Purchase  Agreement")  with  certain  accredited  investors  (the  "Investors")
pursuant to which the Company sold an additional  1,280,004 shares of its common
stock at a price of $15.00 per share in the second  closing  under a  previously
announced  private placement  transaction.  The Investors also received warrants
having a five-year term of exercise to purchase up to 256,002  additional shares
of the  Company's  common  stock at an exercise  price of $19.475 per share (the
"Warrants").

     The number of shares  issuable  upon the  exercise of the  Warrants and the
exercise price thereof are subject to adjustments for stock splits, combinations
and similar transactions and are subject to antidilution protection in the event
of certain dilutive financings (subject to customary exceptions) during the term
of the Warrants.

     As part of the  private  financing,  the  Company has agreed to prepare and
file a registration  statement with the Securities and Exchange  Commission with
respect to the resales of the shares of common  stock  (including  those  shares
underlying the Warrants) purchased by the Investors.

     The above description  provided in this Report on Form 8-K of the terms and
conditions of the private  placement to Investors  under the Purchase  Agreement
and the transactions  contemplated thereby is a summary only and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreements  which are attached
hereto as  exhibits.  In  addition,  a copy of the press  release  issued by the
Company on January 15, 2002 describing the private placement is filed as Exhibit
99.1 hereto.



Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

           (a)      Not applicable.

           (b)      Not applicable.

           (c)      Exhibits.
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                    4.1    First Amended and Restated Stock and Warrant
                           Purchase Agreement between and among the
                           Company and the investors thereto dated
                           January 14, 2002.

                    4.2    Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock
                           dated January 14, 2002.

                    99.1   Text of Company Press Release dated January 15, 2002.




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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.

                                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
                                           a California corporation


Dated: January 16, 2002                    By:  /s/ Mary Ellen Genovese
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                                                Mary Ellen Genovese
                                                Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number                  Description
---------------    ------------------------------------------------------------
  4.1              First Amended and Restated Stock and Warrant
                   Purchase Agreement between and among the Company
                   and the investors thereto dated January 14, 2002.

  4.2              Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock dated
                   January 14, 2002.

  99.1             Text of Company Press Release dated January 15, 2002.


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