UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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

~~SECURITIES~~Date ~~EXCHANGE~~of ~~ACT~~Report OF(Date ~~1934~~of earliest event reported): July 26, 2006

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2006

METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey		0-24172		22-1866172
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

90 Coles Road, Blackwood, New Jersey		08012
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(856) 228-8100

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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¨o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8 2.0102 ~~Other~~Results ~~Events~~of Operation and Financial Condition

The Registrant is ~~filing~~furnishing herewith as Exhibit 99.1 its presentation ~~from~~of its second quarter 2006 ~~Annual~~financial ~~Meeting~~results offor ~~Shareholders~~the period ended June 30, 2006, which was made available on the ~~Registrant~~Company’s web site in connection with the Company’s second quarter 2006 conference call on ~~June 15~~July 26, 2006.

~~Item 9.01.~~The information ~~Financial~~in ~~Statements~~this Form 8-K and ~~Exhibits~~the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

~~(d)~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits .

Number		Description of Document
99.1		2006 Annual Meeting Presentation

(d) Exhibits

Number		Description of Document
99.1	Presentation of the Registrant’s second quarter 2006 financial results.

~~SIGNATURES~~ 2

~~Pursuant~~SIGNATURES ~~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, thereunto duly authorized.~~

	Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (Registrant)
June 20, 2006	By:	/s/ Kevin Bratton
	Name:	Kevin Bratton
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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, thereunto duly authorized.

		Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (Registrant)

July 31, 2006	By:	/s/ Kevin Bratton
	Name:	Kevin Bratton
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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