UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) November 8, 2011

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Pennsylvania

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

1-6627	25-0927646
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 Airside Drive Moon Township, Pennsylvania	15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(412) 269-6300

(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):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 8, 2011, Michael Baker Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting, among other things, the Company’s financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated November 8, 2011.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Michael J. Zugay
	Michael J. Zugay
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 8, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Number	Description	Method of Filing
99.1	Press release dated November 8, 2011.	Filed herewith.