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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000012208-08-000038.txt : 20081022
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000012208-08-000038
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081022
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081022

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000012208
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				941381833
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07928
		FILM NUMBER:		081135138

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 ALFRED NOBEL DR
		CITY:			HERCULES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94547
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5107247000
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<DIV style="width:576px"><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="line-height:21.333px; margin:0px; font-size:18.667px" align=center><B>FORM 8-A</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P style="line-height:21.333px; margin:0px; font-size:18.667px" align=center><B>BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Commission File Number: 1-7928</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=360><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Delaware</B></P>
</TD><TD valign=bottom width=7.133><P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px">&nbsp;</P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=352.8><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>94-1381833</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=360><P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P>
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</TD><TD valign=top width=352.8><P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>Identification No.)</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>1000 Alfred Nobel Dr.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Hercules, California 94547</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>(Address of Principal executive offices, including zip code)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(510) 724-7000</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13.333px; margin:0px; font-size:10.667px" align=center><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin:0px">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>
<TABLE style="font-size:13.333px" cellspacing=0 align=center><TR><TD width=360></TD><TD width=7.133></TD><TD width=352.8></TD></TR>
<TR><TD valign=top width=360><P style="line-height:14.667px; margin:0px; font-size:12px" align=center><B>Title of each class</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14.667px; margin:0px; font-size:12px" align=center><B><U>to be so registered class </U></B></P>
</TD><TD valign=bottom width=7.133><P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px">&nbsp;</P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=352.8><P style="line-height:14.667px; margin:0px; font-size:12px" align=center><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14.667px; margin:0px; font-size:12px" align=center><B><U>each class is to be registered</U></B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Class A Common Stock</B></P>
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</TD><TD valign=top width=352.8><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>New York Stock Exchange, Inc.</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=360><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Class B Common Stock</B></P>
</TD><TD valign=bottom width=7.133><P style="font-size:2pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD valign=top width=352.8><P style="font-size:2pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. <FONT FACE="Wingdings">x</FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. <FONT FACE="Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: &nbsp;None.</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: &nbsp;None.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:10.667px; page-break-before:always">&nbsp;<B><BIG>Item 1. &nbsp;Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</BIG></B></P>
<P style="margin-top:13.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:48px">The description of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) contained in the &#147;Restated Certificate of Incorporation&#148; attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 28, 2002, and the &#147;Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation&#148; attached as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K filed on March 3, 2005, are hereby incorporated by reference.</P>
<P style="margin-top:13.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-right:9.6px"><B>Item 2. Exhibits.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:13.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:48px">The securities described herein are to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on an exchange on which no other securities of the Company are offered. &nbsp;Therefore, in accordance with the instructions to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be furnished with this filing.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:13.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-right:9.6px" align=center><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:48px">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-left:240px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:48px">BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. </P>
<P style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-right:9.6px">Date: &nbsp;October 22, 2008</P>
<P style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-left:288px; padding-right:9.6px">By: &nbsp;<U>/s/ Christine A. Tsingos</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:336px">Christine A. Tsingos</P>
<P style="margin-top:6.667px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-left:288px; padding-right:9.6px; text-indent:48px">Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</P>
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