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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-09-005262
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090128
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090129

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PERKINELMER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000031791
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				042052042
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		940 WINTER STREET
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02451
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781 663 5776

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		940 WINTER STREET
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02451

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EG&G INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EDGERTON GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670626

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRIEL ROBERT F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001224110

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05075
		FILM NUMBER:		09554708

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O PERKINELMER INC
		STREET 2:		45 WILLIAM STREET
		CITY:			WELLESLEY
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02481
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781 663 5776

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		940 WINTER STREET
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02451
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    <periodOfReport>2009-01-28</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0000031791</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PERKINELMER INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PKI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>940 WINTER STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WALTHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02451</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-01-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5369</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
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                    <value>14.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <footnote id="F1">These shares are being surrendered to satisfy a tax withholding obligation upon vesting of performance-based restricted stock originally granted on 01/31/2006, as required by the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares are being surrendered to satisfy a tax withholding obligation upon vesting of performance-based restricted stock originally granted on 01/30/2007, as required by the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares are being surrendered to satisfy a tax withholding obligation upon vesting of performance-based restricted stock originally granted on 01/29/2008, as required by the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Reporting Persons direct holdings include shares acquired pursuant to the Reporting Person's (i) election to defer stock and/or compensation into the Deferred Compensation Plan, and/or (ii) reinvestment of dividends relating to the Reporting Person's account.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joel S. Goldberg (POA on file) for Robert F. Friel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-29</signatureDate>
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                                PerkinElmer, Inc.
                                Power of Attorney

     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John L. Healy and
Joel S. Goldberg, each signing singly and acting individually, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as an officer and/or director of PerkinElmer, Inc. (the
          "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in
          accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1935
          (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder; and

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          that may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute
          any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or any amendment thereto, and timely deliver
          and file such form or amendment with the United States Securities and
          Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3)  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
          undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the
          Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee
          benefit plan administrators, stock option administrators, and
          trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to
          release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and
          ratifies any such release of information; and

     (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
          foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
          benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
          undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
          of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
          conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
          attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to
comply with the requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements,
or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for any profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless superseded by a Power of Attorney dated after the date hereof or earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 23rd day of July, 2008.

                                         /s/ Robert F. Friel
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Signature

                                         Robert F. Friel
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Print Name
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