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UNITED STATES
\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n
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Washington, D.C. 20549\n
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FORM 8-K\n
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CURRENT REPORT\n
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934\n
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 10, 2008\n
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BRADY MATCHED 401(K) PLAN
\nBRADY CORPORATION\n
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)\n\n
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Commission File Number 1-14959\n
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Wisconsin
\n(State of Incorporation)\n		 39-0971239
\n(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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6555 West Good Hope Road
\nMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
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(414) 358-6600
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the\nfiling obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:\n
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o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)\n
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o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)\n
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR\n240.14d-2(b))\n
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR\n240.13e-4(c))\n
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Item 4.01 CHANGES IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT\n
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Explanatory Note: The Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant referenced below relates solely\nto the Brady Matched 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”).\n
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1) Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. On April 10, 2008, the Retirement\nCommittee responsible for the Plan, after recommendation by the Brady Corporation (the “Company”)\nAudit Committee, dismissed Deloitte and Touche LLP (“Deloitte & Touche”) as the Plan’s independent\nregistered public accounting firm.\n
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The reports of Deloitte & Touche on the financial statements of the Plan for the years ended\nDecember 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 neither (i) contained an adverse opinion or disclaimer of\nopinion; nor (ii) were qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting\nprinciples.\n
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During the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 and the subsequent period\nthrough April 10, 2008 there has not been (i) any disagreement between the Plan and Deloitte &\nTouche on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or\nauditing scope or procedure, which if not resolved to Deloitte & Touche’s satisfaction would have\ncaused Deloitte & Touche to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection\nwith its report, and (ii) any “reportable event” (as defined in Regulation S-K, Item 304(a)(1)(v)).\n
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Deloitte & Touche has been provided a copy of the above disclosure with a request that it furnish\nto the Plan a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees\nwith the statements made by the Plan and, if not, stating why it does not agree. A letter from\nDeloitte & Touche is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 16.\n
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2) New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. On April 10, 2008 the Retirement Committee\nresponsible for the Plan, after recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee, engaged Clifton\nGunderson LLP (“Clifton Gunderson”) as the independent registered accounting firm to audit the\nPlan’s financial statements beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. During the\nPlan’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, the Plan (or someone on its\nbehalf) did not:\n
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 a) consult Clifton Gunderson regarding the application of accounting principles to a\nspecific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might\nbe rendered on the Plan’s financial statements; and neither a written report nor oral\nadvice was provided to the Plan by Clifton Gunderson that Clifton Gunderson concluded was\nan important factor considered by the Plan in reaching a decision as to an accounting,\nauditing or financial issue; or
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 b) consult Clifton Gunderson regarding any matter that was either the subject of a\ndisagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a\nreportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
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Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.\n
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(c) Exhibits.\n
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The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this Report.\n
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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
 
  
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 Letter regarding change in certifying accountant from Deloitte & Touche LLP to the SEC,\ndated April 15, 2008.
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SIGNATURE\n
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused\nthis report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n
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 BRADY MATCHED 401(K) PLAN
\nBRADY CORPORATION
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Date: April 15, 2008 By:  /s/ GARY VOSE\n  
  Name:  Gary Vose  
  Title:  Plan Administrative Committee Member  
 
   
 By:  /s/ THOMAS FELMER\n  
  Name:  Thomas Felmer  
  Title:  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and\nRetirement Committee Member  
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EXHIBIT INDEX\n
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EXHIBIT  
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16\n
 Letter regarding change in certifying accountant from Deloitte & Touche LLP\nto the SEC, dated April 15, 2008.
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Exhibit 16\n
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April 15, 2008\n
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Securities and Exchange Commission
\n100 F Street, N.E.
\nWashington, D.C. 20549-7561\n\n
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Dear Sirs/Madams:\n
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We have read Item 4.01 of Brady Matched 401(k) Plan’s Form 8-K dated April 15,\n2008, and have the following comments:\n
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1. We agree with the statements made in paragraphs 1 through 4 of section 1.
 
2. We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in section 2.
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Yours truly,\n
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/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP\n
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Deloitte & Touche LLP\n
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