EXHIBIT 10.5

           SEVERANCE POLICY FOR SENIOR OFFICERS OF
    GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC. AND ITS DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES

A.   Definitions.

     The  capitalized terms used in this document shall  have
     the following meanings:

     "Board"  shall  mean  the Board of Directors  of  Gerber
     Scientific, Inc.

     "Cause" shall mean (a) the willful and continued failure
     by  the  Covered  Officer substantially to  perform  the
     Covered  Officer's duties with the Company  (other  than
     such   failure  resulting  from  the  Covered  Officer's
     incapacity due to physical or mental illness) or (b) the
     willful engaging by the Covered Officer in conduct  that
     is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company,
     monetarily or otherwise, as determined in the  Company's
     sole discretion.

     "Chief Executive Officer" shall mean the Chief Executive
     Officer of Gerber Scientific, Inc.

     "Committee"  shall mean the Management  Development  and
     Compensation  Committee of the  Board  of  Directors  of
     Gerber Scientific, Inc.

     "Company"  shall mean Gerber Scientific,  Inc.  and  its
     domestic  subsidiaries, Gerber Technology, Inc.,  Gerber
     Scientific  Products, Inc., and Gerber  Coburn  Optical,
     Inc.

     "Corporate  Directors"  shall mean employees  of  Gerber
     Scientific, Inc. who have been designated the employment
     title of "Director" or "Corporate Director".

     "Corporate  Vice Presidents" shall mean vice  presidents
     of  Gerber  Scientific,  Inc.  other  than  Senior  Vice
     Presidents.

     "Covered  Officer" or "Covered Officers" shall refer  to
     all  Corporate Directors and all corporate  officers  of
     the  Company  that hold positions at the level  of  vice
     president or above.

     "Disability"  shall mean permanent and total  disability
     as  defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal  Revenue
     Code of 1986, as amended.

     "Retirement"  shall  mean a Covered Officer's  voluntary
     termination of employment with the Company in accordance
     with the Company's retirement policy on or after age 65.

     "Senior   Vice  Presidents"  shall  mean   Senior   Vice
     Presidents of Gerber Scientific, Inc.

     "Severance Period" shall mean the length of the  period,
     commencing   on  the  Termination  Date,  during   which
     severance benefits shall be payable under this Severance
     Policy to a Covered Officer as provided by the following
     table:

                                 Severance
          Officers               Period in
                                   Years

Chief Executive Officer              2


Senior Vice Presidents              1 1/2


Corporate Vice Presidents            1


Subsidiary Vice Presidents and       1/2
Corporate Directors



     "Subsidiary Vice Presidents" shall mean vice  presidents
     of  Gerber Technology, Inc., Gerber Scientific Products,
     Inc. and Gerber Coburn Optical, Inc.

     "Termination  Date" shall mean the  date  on  which  the
     Covered Officer's employment is terminated.

B.   Who  is  eligible  for  severance  benefits  under  this
     Severance Policy?

     (1)  Only Covered Officers are eligible for benefits under
          this Severance Policy. Subject to the terms and conditions of
          this Severance Policy, if a Covered Officer's employment
          shall be terminated for any reason other than

          (a)  as a result of the Covered Officer's  death,
               Disability, or Retirement;
          (b)  by the Covered Officer for any reason; or
          (c)  by the Company for Cause,

          then  the Covered Officer shall be entitled to  the
          benefits provided under this Severance Policy.

     (2)  Notwithstanding the above, no benefits shall be payable
          under this Severance Policy if:

          (a)    as   a   result   of  a  Covered   Officer's
     termination,   such   Covered   Officer   is    entitled
     to    receive    compensation   under   any   Change-in-
     Control Agreement with the Company;
          (b)   such Covered Officer is receiving any pension
     benefits   under   any   of   the   Company's    pension
     plans    at    the   time   when   severance    benefits
     would    otherwise   be   payable   to   such    Covered
     Officer; or
           (c)   such  Covered  Officer  is  offered  another
     position    with    the    Company   that    is    comparable
     in     status    and    compensation    to    the    position
     held      by     such     Covered     Officer     on      the
     Termination Date.

C.   What  payments  and  benefits  are  payable  under  this
     Severance Policy, and when will they be paid?

     Subject  to  the terms and conditions of this  Severance
     Policy,  the Company will provide the following payments
     and  benefits to any Covered Officer who is eligible  to
     receive  payments  and  benefits  under  this  Severance
     Policy:

     (1)  The  Covered Officer shall receive, within five (5)
          business days after the Termination Date, all salary earned
          by, but not yet paid to, such Covered Officer through the
          Termination Date and any other deferred compensation earned
          prior to the Termination Date.  In addition, the Covered
          Officer shall be entitled to any annual incentive bonus
          payment that, on the Termination Date, has been earned by,
          but not yet paid to, the Covered Officer.  Such amount shall
          be paid to the Covered Officer at the time such amount would
          have been paid to the Covered Officer had he or she continued
          to be employed by the Company.

      (2) The  Covered Officer shall, during the  Severance
          Period, continue to receive

                (i)   100%  of  his or her then current  base
          salary,  such  amount  to  be  payable  in  weekly,
          biweekly,  or  monthly installments  in  accordance
          with  the  Company's then normal  employee  payroll
          practices; and

                (ii)  the  pro-rata portion of  such  Covered
          Officer's  target amount (on the Termination  Date)
          of  his  or  her annual incentive bonus (under  the
          Company's  Annual  Incentive  Bonus  Plan  or   any
          successor Plan). Such amounts shall be paid to  the
          Covered  Officer at the time that incentive bonuses
          are normally paid to the Company's employees.

          [Example:  If a Severance Period ends at  the   end
          of  the  third month of the Company's fiscal  year,
          the  Covered  Officer  would receive  100%  of  the
          target  amount  (on the Termination  Date)  of  the
          bonus  for the last completed fiscal year, and  25%
          of  the target amount (on the Termination Date) for
          the  fiscal  year  in  which the  Severance  Period
          ended.   Such amounts would be payable when bonuses
          are normally payable for such years.]

     (3)  The Covered Officer shall, during the Severance Period,
          continue to receive  from the Company at the Company's cost,
          but subject to any applicable employee contributions, the
          health (medical and dental) insurance coverage under the
          health insurance plan provided to the Covered Officer
          immediately prior to the Termination Date, provided that (i)
          the  Covered Officer's continued participation is possible
          under the general terms and provisions of such plan, (ii) the
          Company shall have the right to amend or terminate the Plan
          at any time with respect to all Company Employees and the
          Covered Officer, and (iii) the Company will not provide this
          coverage to the Covered Officer after the Covered Officer's
          65th birthday.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Covered
          Officer's employment is terminated for all purposes on the
          Termination Date and the Covered Officer's rights under COBRA
          or any similar law shall commence on the Termination Date.
          The Company shall, for a period of 60 days following the
          commencement of the Severance Period, continue to provide the
          Covered Officer with the same life insurance benefits
          provided to the Covered Officer immediately prior to the
          Termination Date, provided that such benefits shall cease at
          the end of such sixty day period.  No short term or long term
          disability insurance shall be provided to the Covered Officer
          by the Company during the Severance Period and no additional
          years of service will be credited to the Covered Officer
          during the Severance Period for purposes of calculating
          benefits under any of the Company's pension plans. Options
          granted by the Company under any of the Company's stock
          option plans will not vest after the Termination Date.
          Options may only be exercised after the Termination Date to
          the extent that the applicable stock option plan and grant
          agreement permit such exercise.

    (4)   If  at  any  time  during the  Severance  Period,  a
          Covered Officer obtains full-time employment with a
          company which is not engaged in a business that  is
          competitive to the business conducted or carried on
          by  the  Company, the Covered Officer will receive,
          in  lieu  of  all severance payments  and  benefits
          which would otherwise have been payable under  this
          Severance  Policy  had  such  employment  not  been
          obtained, a lump sum payment in an amount equal  to
          one half (50%) of the amount of current base salary
          (excluding  bonus) which, absent  such  employment,
          would  have  been payable to such  Covered  Officer
          pursuant to Section C (2) of this Severance Policy.
          Such  lump  sum  payment shall  be  payable  within
          thirty (30) business days after the Covered Officer
          notifies  the Vice President of Human Resources  of
          the Company, or his or her designees of the Company
          of the commencement of such full-time employment.

     (5)  In the  event that a Covered Officer is terminated by
          the Company under circumstances that would qualify the
          Covered Officer to receive severance benefits under this
          Severance Policy but such Covered Officer dies before or
          while receiving the benefits, the Company will pay the
          severance benefits to the Covered Officer's estate or
          beneficiary, provided that the estate or beneficiary
          satisfies the conditions that would have been applicable to
          the Covered Officer.

D.   Can a Covered Officer's right to severance benefits
     be forfeited?

     Yes.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in  this
     Severance  Policy, the Company shall have no  obligation
     to,  and shall make no severance payment to, any Covered
     Officer who, directly or indirectly:

     (1)  is competing or preparing to compete with the business
          of the Company;

     (2)  is  disclosing or has disclosed to any unauthorized
          person or entity any secret or confidential information,
          knowledge or data relating to the Company which is not public
          knowledge (or is, or becomes, public knowledge by reason or
          in consequence of such Covered Officer's unauthorized
          actions), including confidential information of any customers
          or clients of the Company;

     (3)  is  appropriating  or  has  appropriated  any  such
          information, secret or data for his or her own use or
          benefit;

     (4)  is soliciting or has solicited, hired or induced any
          person who is, or has been within the previous six (6)
          months, employed by the Company, to leave the Company;

     (5)  is soliciting or otherwise attempting to divert the
          business or patronage of any customer or client or any
          prospective customer or client of the Company;

     (6)  is engaging in or is about to engage in any other action
          that is found by the Committee, in the Committee's sole
          discretion, to be an action that is, in any way, detrimental
          to the Company and its stockholders; or

     (7)  is engaged in full-time employment (except to the extent
          benefits are payable under Section C(4) above).

E.   What   are  the  other  terms  and  conditions  of  this
     Severance Policy?

     As  a  condition  of receiving severance benefits  under
     this  Severance  Policy,  a  Covered  Officer  shall  be
     required to execute a written agreement with the Company
     (i)  releasing the Company from and against any and  all
     claims  which the Covered Officer may have  against  the
     Company  relating  in any way to the  Covered  Officer's
     employment or the termination thereof including, without
     limitation,  any  and  all claims of  discrimination  or
     unlawful discharge, and (ii) covenanting not to sue  the
     Company  in  any state or federal court  in  the  United
     States  or  elsewhere,  or in any administrative  agency
     which has authority to award damages, in respect of  any
     such claim.

     The  Committee  has  full  and  complete  discretion  to
     interpret  this  Severance Policy, and  the  Committee's
     findings  shall  be  binding on  any  employee  claiming
     benefits hereunder.

     This  Severance Policy does not contain any  promise  or
     representation  concerning the duration of  any  Covered
     Officer's employment with the Company.

     This  Severance  Policy  and  these  procedures  do  not
     constitute contracts between the Covered Officer and the
     Company, and this Severance Policy and the policies  and
     procedures  contained  therein  may  be  terminated   or
     altered in whole or in part by the Committee at any time
     in   the  Committee's  sole  discretion.   However,  the
     Committee will not change this Severance Policy  without
     ninety  (90)  days  notice if the planned  change  would
     create a material diminution in the severance benefit to
     Covered Officers.

     Unless otherwise stated in this document, this Severance
     Policy  shall  not prevent or limit a Covered  Officer's
     continuing or future participation in any plan, program,
     policy or practice provided by the Company and for which
     the  Covered Officer may qualify.  Further,  nothing  in
     this Severance Policy will limit or otherwise affect the
     rights a Covered Officer may have under any contract  or
     agreement with the Company.