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 12, 2004 (October 12, 2004)

LaBARGE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	001-05761	73-0574586
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9900A Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63124

(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(314) 997-0800

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing Obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORM 8-K
	Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits
	Item 7.01       Regulation FD Disclosure
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index

FORM 8-K

Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

           (c)       Exhibits

99 Text of slides to be shown during the Registrant’s presentation on October 12, 2004.

Item 7.01       Regulation FD Disclosure

                       On October 12, 2004 certain members of the Registrant’s management will meet with institutional investors and will make a slide presentation. The text of slides to be shown during the presentation is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-k.

The furnishing of this Exhibit is not intended to constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information it contains includes material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available. Statements in Exhibit 99 that are not strictly historical are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions, and speak only as of October 12, 2004, the date of the presentation. The Registrant does not assume any obligation to update such information in the future. The Registrant’s actual results in the future may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties that exist in the Registrant’s operations and business environment including, but not limited to: the impact of increasing competition or deterioration of economic conditions in LaBarge’s markets; cutbacks in defense spending by the U.S. Government; the outcome of litigation the Company is party to; unexpected increases in the cost of raw material, labor and other resources necessary to operate LaBarge’s business; and the availability, amount, type and cost of financing for LaBarge and any changes to that financing and other factors discussed in our Annual and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SIGNATURES

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.

		LaBarge, Inc. (Registrant)
Date: October 12, 2004	By:	/s/Donald H. Nonnenkamp
		Donald H. Nonnenkamp
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Exhibit Index

Index	Description
Number
99	Text of slides to be shown during the Registrant’s presentation on October 12, 2004.