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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-08-024241
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080407
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080408
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080408

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FULLER H B CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000039368
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ADHESIVES & SEALANTS [2891]
		IRS NUMBER:				410268370
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1203

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55110-5132
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6126453401

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GIERTZ JAMES R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001226578

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09225
		FILM NUMBER:		08744979

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DONALDSON CO INC
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1299
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55440-1299
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9528873631
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    <periodOfReport>2008-04-07</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000039368</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FULLER H B CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FUL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001226578</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GIERTZ JAMES R</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 64683</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. PAUL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55164-0683</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP and CFO</officerTitle>
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    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-04-07</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>21.544</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>14002</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>21.186</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>16002</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.93</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-04-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>23971</value>
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                    <value>23971</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan: 6,002 restricted shares were awarded pursuant to H.B. Fuller Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and will vest effective April 2, 2011. Amount may also include restricted shares acquired pursuant to a dividend accrual feature of the Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan: This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on April 2, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Timothy J. Keenan, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-04-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, James R. Giertz,
hereby constitute and appoint Timothy J. Keenan, Debra L. Hovland
and Ann B. Parriott, and each of them, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to
sign any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement
of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) relating to transactions
by me in Common Stock or other securities of H.B. Fuller Company,
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the appropriate securities
exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratify and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective
until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the
above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated: 25 Feb 2008			/s/ James R. Giertz


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