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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000067347-06-000027.txt : 20060119
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060119143744
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000067347-06-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060119

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BURKE THOMAS ANDREW
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001273477

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01373
		FILM NUMBER:		06537873

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE
		CITY:			DEARBORN
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48120

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MODINE MANUFACTURING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000067347
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				390482000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 DEKOVEN AVE
		CITY:			RACINE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2626361200
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        <footnote id="F1">This stock award will vest in four annual increments starting on 1/17/2007.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option was previously reported as an option for 25,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $30.40 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock dividend declared by Modine on July 20, 2005 in connection with the spin off and merger of Modine's Aftermarket Business in a reverse Morris Trust transaction.  As a result of the stock dividend, stock options granted by Modine were adjusted to retain their intrinsic value.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/D.R. Zakos, Attorney-in-Fact for T.A. Burke</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-19</signatureDate>
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