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FILED AS OF DATE:		20090917
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090917

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFRI INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000914122
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL FANS & BLOWERS & AIR PURIFYING EQUIP [3564]
		IRS NUMBER:				363922969
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

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		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32530
		FILM NUMBER:		091074513

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7720 LEHIGH AVE
		CITY:			NILES
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60714
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8479661000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7720 LEHIGH AVE
		CITY:			NILES
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60714

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MIDWESCO FILTER RESOURCES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970402
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Washington, D.C.  20549</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>AMENDMENT NO. 1</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>TO</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>FORM 8-A</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  [ X ]</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  <font face=Wingdings>o</font></font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates:  _________________ (if applicable).</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 1.  Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered.  </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.06in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September 15, 2009, MFRI, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company,  as successor rights agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;), entered into the Amendment (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) to Rights Agreement between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as rights agent, dated as of September 15, 1999 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;).  Among other things, the Amendment extends the term of the Rights Agreement until September 15, 2019; appoints Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company as successor rights agent; and amends certain definitions to include positions in certain derivative instruments related to the Company&#146;s common stock as constituting beneficial ownership of such stock.</font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of September 15, 2009 by and between MFRI, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2009).  </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;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.</font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>MFRI, INC. </font></B></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.3in;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>By:</font>         <font size=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><u><font size=2>/s/ Michael D.
Bennett</font></u>                                                                                                         <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.3in;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><u><font size=2>Michael D. Bennett</font></u>                                                                                                                   <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of September 15, 2009 by and between MFRI, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2009). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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