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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) October 31, 2006
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 1-10730 04-2882273
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
400 Wood Road 02184
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 781-848-7100
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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
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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
On October 31, 2006 Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing financial results for the second quarter and six months ended
September 30, 2006. A copy of the release is furnished with this report as
exhibit 99.1.
The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached
hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to
the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,
regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits
99.1: Press Release of Haemonetics Corporation dated October 31, 2006 announcing
financial results for the second quarter and six months ended
September 30, 2006.
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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.
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
Date: October 31, 2006 /s/ RONALD J. RYAN
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Ronald J. Ryan,
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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