UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  July 8, 2009


Hurco Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
     
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
     
0-9143
  
35-1150732
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
One Technology Way
    
Indianapolis, Indiana
  
46268
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)
     
(317) 293-5309
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
     
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.03.                                Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On July 8, 2009, the Board of Directors of Hurco Companies, Inc. (“the Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to opt out of the mandatory provision under the Indiana Business Corporation Law that requires a classified board of directors to have one-third of its members elected each year to a three-year term of office.


 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
Dated:  July 8, 2009
        
 
HURCO COMPANIES, INC
        
 
By:
/s/John G. Oblazney
   
John G. Oblazney,
Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer