8-K

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                                 UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    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): October 19, 2004



                       Eastman Kodak Company
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



New Jersey                          1-87                 16-0417150
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission           (IRS Employer
    of Incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)


                                343 State Street,
                            Rochester, New York 14650
            (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code (585) 724-4000
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ITEM 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers;
           Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
           Officers

On October 19, 2004, Eastman Kodak Company announced that its
board of directors elected Antonio M. Perez to the Company's
board, effective on that day. As an employee-director, Mr.
Perez was not named to any Board committees.

See press release dated October 19, 2004, which is filed
along with this document as Exhibit (99.1).



ITEM 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

(99.1)  Eastman Kodak Company press release dated October 19,
        2004 regarding the election of Antonio M. Perez to the board of
        directors.




                            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.



                                             EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY



                                             By: /s/ Richard G. Brown, Jr.
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                                             Richard G. Brown, Jr.
                                             Controller

Date:  October 21, 2004


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                      EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
                        INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.

(99.1)  Eastman Kodak Company press release dated October 19, 2004.

EX-99

                                                Exhibit (99.1)

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

Media Contact:
Gerard Meuchner
585-724-4513
gerard.meuchner@kodak.com

Kodak President Antonio M. Perez Elected to Board of Directors

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 19 - Eastman Kodak Company announced
that its board of directors has elected Antonio M. Perez to
the company's board, effective today.
  Perez, who is Kodak's President and Chief Operating Officer,
joined the company on April 2, 2003. Since then, Perez has
worked with Daniel A. Carp, Kodak's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, to develop and implement the company's
digitally oriented growth strategy.
  "The election of Antonio Perez to the Kodak board recognizes
the many contributions he has made to the company's success in
the short time that he has been here," Carp said. "We look
forward to the insight, experience and intellectual depth that
Antonio will bring to the company's board at a momentous
period in Kodak's history."
  Perez, 58, joined Kodak after a 25-year career at Hewlett-
Packard Company, where he was a corporate vice president and a
member of the company's Executive Council. His tenure at HP
included serving as President of the Consumer Business, where
he spearheaded the company's efforts to build a business in
digital imaging and electronic publishing. Prior to that
assignment, he served as President and CEO of HP's inkjet
imaging business.
  Just prior to joining Kodak, Perez served as an independent
consultant for large investment firms, providing counsel on
the effect of technology shifts on financial markets. From
June 2000 to December 2001, he was President and Chief
Executive Officer of Gemplus International, where he led the
effort to take the company public both on the Premier Marche
in Paris and NASDAQ in December 2000.
  A native of Spain, Mr. Perez studied electronic engineering,
marketing and business in Spain and France.

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