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

(e) On September 17, 2009, the shareholders of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the "Company") voted at the Company's 2009 annual meeting of shareholders to approve an amendment to the Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan") which increased the total number of shares of the Company's common stock issuable pursuant to the Incentive Plan, excluding any shares related to awards granted under specified prior stock incentive plans, by 1,250,000 shares from a total of 3,000,000 shares to a total of 4,250,000 shares. The Incentive Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards and other stock-based and cash-based awards to officers, directors and other employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the foregoing amendment on July 17, 2009.

A copy of the Incentive Plan, including Section 4.1 as amended by the amendment described above, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The Company herewith files the following exhibit:

Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
10.1 Gerber Scientific, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended

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