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UNITED\ue000 STATES
SECURITIES\ue000 AND\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 COMMISSION
Washington,\ue000 D.C.\ue000 20549
FORM\ue000 8-K
CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Section\ue000 13\ue000 or\ue000 15(d)\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934
Date\ue000 of\ue000 Report\ue000 (Date\ue000 of\ue000 earliest\ue000 event\ue000 reported):\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009
LINCOLN\ue000 ELECTRIC\ue000 HOLDINGS,\ue000 INC.
(Exact\ue000 name\ue000 of\ue000 registrant\ue000 as\ue000 specified\ue000 in\ue000 its\ue000 charter)
0-1402
(Commission\ue000 File\ue000 Number)
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Ohio
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34-1860551
(State\ue000 or\ue000 other\ue000 jurisdiction\ue000 of
incorporation)
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(I.R.S.\ue000 Employer\ue000 Identification\ue000 No.)
22801\ue000 St\ue000 Clair\ue000 Avenue
Cleveland,\ue000 Ohio\ue000 44117
(Address\ue000 of\ue000 principal\ue000 executive\ue000 offices,\ue000 with\ue000 zip\ue000 code)
(216)\ue000 481-8100
(Registrant\u2019s\ue000 telephone\ue000 number,\ue000 including\ue000 area\ue000 code)
Check\ue000 the\ue000 appropriate\ue000 box\ue000 below\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filing\ue000 is\ue000 intended\ue000 to\ue000 simultaneously\ue000 satisfy\ue000 the\ue000 filing\ue000 obligation\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 under\ue000 any\ue000 of

the\ue000 following\ue000 provisions\ue000 (see\ue000 General\ue000 Instruction\ue000 A.2.\ue000 below):
\ue000o\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 230.425)
\ue000o\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14a-12)
\ue000o\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14d-2(b))
\ue000o\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.13e-4(c))

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Item\ue000 2.02
\ue000Results\ue000 of\ue000 Operations\ue000 and\ue000 Financial\ue000 Condition.
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On\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009,\ue000 Lincoln\ue000 Electric\ue000 Holdings,\ue000 Inc.\ue000 (the\ue000 \u201cCompany\u201d)\ue000 issued\ue000 a\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 reporting\ue000 its\ue000 financial\ue000 results\ue000 for
the\ue000 year\ue000 ended\ue000 December\ue000 31,\ue000 2008.\ue000 A\ue000 copy\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 issued\ue000 on\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009\ue000 is\ue000 attached\ue000 hereto\ue000 as
Exhibit\ue000 99.1\ue000 and\ue000 incorporated\ue000 herein\ue000 by\ue000 reference.\ue000 The\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 is\ue000 also\ue000 available\ue000 through\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 website\ue000 at
www.lincolnelectric.com.\ue000 The\ue000 information\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Current\ue000 Report\ue000 on\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K,\ue000 including\ue000 the\ue000 Exhibit,\ue000 is\ue000 being\ue000 furnished\ue000 and
shall\ue000 not\ue000 be\ue000 deemed\ue000 \u201cfiled\u201d\ue000 for\ue000 purposes\ue000 of\ue000 Section\ue000 18\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934\ue000 (the\ue000 \u201cExchange\ue000 Act\u201d)\ue000 or
otherwise\ue000 subject\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 liabilities\ue000 of\ue000 that\ue000 section,\ue000 nor\ue000 shall\ue000 it\ue000 be\ue000 deemed\ue000 incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 in\ue000 any\ue000 filing\ue000 under\ue000 the
Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1933\ue000 or\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act.

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Item\ue000 9.01
\ue000Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 and\ue000 Exhibits.
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\ue000(d)\ue000 Exhibits
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\ue00099.1\ue000 The\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 dated\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 requirements\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 has\ue000 duly\ue000 caused\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 signed\ue000 on\ue000 its\ue000 behalf\ue000 by
the\ue000 undersigned\ue000 hereunto\ue000 duly\ue000 authorized.
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LINCOLN\ue000 ELECTRIC\ue000 HOLDINGS,\ue000 INC.
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/s/\ue000 Vincent\ue000 K.\ue000 Petrella\ue000\ue000
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Vincent\ue000 K.\ue000 Petrella\ue000
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Senior\ue000 Vice\ue000 President,\ue000 Chief\ue000 Financial\ue000 Officer\ue000 and
Treasurer
(principal\ue000 financial\ue000 and\ue000 accounting\ue000 officer)
February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009\ue000
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