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

ULTRALIFE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		000-20852		16-1387013
(State of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2000 Technology Parkway, Newark, New York		14513
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(315) 332-7100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers, Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 9, 2009, Ultralife Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2009 annual meeting of shareholders (“Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected each of the incumbent director nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement to the board of directors of the Company for another one year term.

Following the Annual Meeting, the newly-elected board of directors met and appointed John C. Casper, the Company’s chief financial officer, as the Company’s treasurer. The board of directors also awarded Mr. Casper a stock option under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.10 per share, at an exercise price of 7.1845 per share. The stock option has a seven year term and vests over a three year period in equal installments. The board of directors also granted Mr. Casper a time-vested and performance-vested restricted stock award as discussed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2009.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The board of directors also took the following actions:

Committee Assignments

At the board meeting, the board of directors changed the composition of the Compensation and Management Committee and Governance Committee to as follows:

Compensation and Management Committee:
Daniel W. Christman – Chair
Paula H.J. Cholmondeley
Ranjit J. Singh
Bradford T. Whitmore

Governance Committee:
Carole Lewis Anderson – Chair
Daniel W. Christman
Ranjit J. Singh
Bradford T. Whitmore

The composition of the other committees of the board of directors remains unchanged.

Committee Chair Compensation

The board of directors increased the annual cash retainer for the chairs of the Compensation and Management Committee and Strategy and Corporate Development Committee. The annual retainer for the chair of the Compensation and Management Committee increased from $5,000 to $8,000 and the annual retainer for the chair of the Strategy and Corporate Development Committee increased from $1,000 to $5,000. The annual cash retainer is paid quarterly in cash after the end of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters.

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.