UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

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 12, 2011

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		1-8002		04-2209186
(State or Other Juris- diction of Incorporation		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

81 Wyman Street Waltham, Massachusetts		02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 622-1000

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

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We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2011 (the “Original 8-K”) in order to add Exhibit 23.2. All other information contained in the Original 8-K, including pursuant to Item 8.01 and Item 9.01, is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

     See Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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.

		THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
Date: August 9, 2011		By:		/s/ Seth H. Hoogasion
				Name:		Seth H. Hoogasian
				Title:		Senior Vice President, General
						Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.**
99.1		Form 10-K Item 6. Selected Financial Data, Form 10-K Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Form 10-K Item 8. Financial Statements and Schedules.*
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.*
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.*
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document.*
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document.*
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.*