FORM 8-K


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):    April 18, 1995


                             HURCO COMPANIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   INDIANA                            0-9143                     35-1150732
(State or other                    (Commission                 (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction of                    File Number)             Identification No.)
 incorporation)

                               ONE TECHNOLOGY WAY
                          INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46268
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:              (317) 293-5390
                                                                 --------------



                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report






 







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ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS

On April 18, 1995, the Company  issued a press release  announcing the dismissal
of all claims against the Company and its  co-defendents  in the pending Federal
Court action brought in February 1994 by Constantine Stamatio,  individually and
purportedly on behalf of a class of company shareholders.



ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

           (a) and (b)  Not applicable.

           (c)  Exhibits

                  Exhibit 99   Press Release dated April 18, 1995





































 
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                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.

           Dated:     April 26, 1995


                                                 HURCO COMPANIES, INC.

                                               By: /S/ THOMAS L. BROWN
                                                  --------------------
                                                    Thomas L. Brown
                                                    Corporate Controller and
                                                      Assistant Secretary



































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                                                                     EXHIBIT 99

From:         Roger J. Wolf
              Senior Vice President
              Chief Financial Officer
              (317) 293-5309


                          HURCO CLASS ACTION DISMISSED

         INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA,  April 18, 1995 . . . . Hurco  Companies,  Inc.
(NASDAQ  Symbol:  HURC) today  announced the dismissal of all claims against the
Company and its  co-defendants  in the pending  Federal court action  brought in
February 1994 by Constantine Stamatio, individually and purportedly on behalf of
a class of Company  shareholders.  The complaint  had alleged  violations of the
antifraud  provisions  of the  Federal  securities  laws and common law fraud in
connection with the Company's  disclosures regarding its financial condition and
operations  between June 1992 and August 1993. In entering  judgment in favor of
the Company  and all other  defendants,  Chief  Judge Sarah Evans  Barker of the
United States District Court for the Southern  District of Indiana dismissed all
the pending  Federal  claims with  prejudice  and,  after holding that the Court
lacked supplemental jurisdiction over the common law claim, dismissed that claim
without prejudice.




                                       # # #

         Hurco Companies,  Inc. is one of the largest  manufacturers of computer
numerical control systems for stand-alone  machine tools. The end market for the
Company's  products  consists  primarily of independent  job shops and short-run
manufacturing  operations  within large  corporations  in industries such as the
aerospace,  defense,  medical  equipment,  energy,  transportation  and computer
industries.  The  Company  is based in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  has  additional
manufacturing   facilities  in  Farmington  Hills,   Michigan,  and  has  sales,
application  engineering  and service  subsidiaries  in High  Wycombe,  England;
Munich,  Germany;  Paris,  France and  Singapore.  Products  are sold through 85
independent agents and distributors in the United States and 30 other countries.
The  Company  also has  direct  sales  forces in the United  States,  the United
Kingdom, Germany, France and Asia.











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                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:     April 26, 1995


                                                 HURCO COMPANIES, INC.

                                                 By:  /S/TOM L. BROWN
                                                      -----------------
                                                       Thomas L. Brown
                                                       Corporate Controller and
                                                       Assistant Secretary
































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