ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On March 17, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Brooks Automation, Inc. (the "Company") voted to accept the offer of the following named executive officers to reduce temporarily their base salaries in the amount of 10%, effective from March 1, 2009 through the balance of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 (the "Fiscal Year"): Martin S. Headley, Steven A. Michaud, and Thomas S. Grilk. In addition three other senior executives, Ralf K. Wuellner Shaun D. Wilson and William T. Montone, also voluntarily accepted such 10% reductions in base salary through the end of the Fiscal Year. This action follows earlier compensation reductions implemented in February 2009, in which (a) the Board voted that no meeting fees will be paid to Board members through the balance of calendar year 2009 and (b) the Board voted to accept the offer of Robert J. Lepofsky to reduce temporarily his base salary from an annual rate of $650,000 to an annual rate of $550,000, for the balance of the Fiscal Year, as previously reported.

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