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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090129161537
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-09-005259
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:			WALSH RICHARD F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001224111

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05075
		FILM NUMBER:		09554694

	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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    <issuer>
        <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>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; CAO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-01-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2059</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>168742</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1597</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>167145</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4745</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>401(K)</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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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 01/30/2007, 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 01/29/2008, as required by the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">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>
        <footnote id="F4">The Reporting Person's indirect holdings include shares acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends relating to the Reporting Person's 401(K) account.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joel S. Goldberg (POA on file) for Richard F. Walsh</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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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 30th day of July, 2008.

                                        /s/ Richard F. Walsh
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature

                                        Richard F. Walsh
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Print Name
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