Form 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

April 29, 2004

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-6866

04-2423640

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

   

Mansfield Corporate Center

 

Nine Hampshire Street

 

Mansfield, Massachusetts

02048-9171

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

   

(508) 337-5500
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


 

HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 29, 2004, Helix Technology Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing financial results for its first quarter of 2004. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99. Exhibit 99 is furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

SIGNATURES

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.

     
     
     

Date:  April 29, 2004

 

By:  /s/Jay Zager

   

       Jay Zager

   

       Senior Vice President and

   

       Chief Financial Officer

     

 


HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit

   

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

99

 

First Quarter of 2004 Earnings Release dated April 29, 2004