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

On March 13, 2009, Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") paid cash bonuses with respect to 2008 under the 2008 bonus plan, based on preliminary 2008 results, to each of the named executive officers, as set forth below:

Name Title 2008 Bonus Ingrid Jackel Chief Executive Officer $ 41,472 Jeffrey P. Rogers President 41,472 Joseph J. Jaeger Chief Financial Officer 38,510

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