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       <td align=center valign="top" nowrap><font size="2">UNITED STATES</font></td>
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       <td align=center valign="top" nowrap ><font size="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font> </td>
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       <td align=center valign="top" nowrap > <font size="2">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font> </td>
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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2">FORM 8-K</font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2">CURRENT REPORT</font></p>

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       <td align=center valign="top" nowrap ><font size="2">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</font></td>
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           <font size="2">September 30, 2008</font></p></td>
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           <font size="2">ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.</font></p></td>
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           <font size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Item 5.02</font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><u><font size=2>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; </font></u></p>


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<u>Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</u></font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Retirement of Director</font></u></p>

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On September 30, 2008, Dr. Florence Metz notified Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) that she has decided to retire from active Board service and will not be standing for re-election at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held on November 18, 2008.  Dr. Metz has been a member of ECD&#146;s Board of Directors since 1990.
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At a meeting held on September 30, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company set the number of directors at eight
effective November 18, 2008, and, at the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, nominated Messrs.  Joseph A. Avila, Alan E. Barton, Christopher P. Belden, Robert I. Frey, William J. Ketelhut, Mark D. Morelli, Stephen Rabinowitz and
George A. Schreiber, Jr. to stand for election at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on November 18, 2008.  The slate of directors nominated, except for Mr. Morelli, do not have any direct or indirect material relationship with the Company and are
independent within the meaning of the Company&#146;s Corporate Governance Principles and applicable rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
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On October 2, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing several strategic initiatives at its 2008 Investor Day, including the acceleration of its nameplate capacity to 420MW in fiscal 2010 and to 720MW in fiscal 2011. A copy of the press release is attached to this report.
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3in;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2>ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.</font></p>

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