SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): August 19, 2002
Lifeline Systems, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-13617 042537528
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(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
111 Lawrence Street, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(508) 988-1000
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events
Effective August 19, 2002, Lifeline Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Rights Agreement dated as of July 24, 1998
by and between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as rights
agent (the "Rights Agreement"). The purpose of the amendment was to provide for
the appointment by the Company of Registrar & Transfer Company as the rights
agent under the Rights Agreement.
Amendment No. 3 is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 3 does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
Exhibit.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LIFELINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: August 20, 2002 By: /s/ Ronald Feinstein
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Ronald Feinstein
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit Index
No. Description
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4.1 Amendment No. 3 to Shareholder Rights Plan dated as of August 19, 2002
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