UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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

                                   May 3, 2005
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                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

                                   ITRON, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        Washington                    000-22418                  91-1011792
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File No.)          (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


                    2818 N. Sullivan Road, Spokane, WA 99216
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

                                 (509) 924-9900
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                      None
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 3, 2005, the shareholders of Itron, Inc. approved an amendment to the
Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to increase the
number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan by 600,000 shares, from
3,925,000 to 4,525,000 shares.


Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit
Number         Description
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10.3          Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. (filed as Appendix
              A to Itron,  Inc.'s 2005 Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
              Shareholders - File 0-22418).

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The  information  presented  in this  Current  Report  on Form  8-K may  contain
forward-looking   statements   and   certain   assumptions   upon   which   such
forward-looking  statements  are in  part  based.  Numerous  important  factors,
including those factors  identified in Itron,  Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
and other of the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,
and the fact that the  assumptions  set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K
could prove  incorrect,  could cause actual  results to differ  materially  from
those contained in such forward-looking statements.







                                    SIGNATURE

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.



                                          ITRON, INC.

Dated:  May 6, 2005                       By:  /s/ Russell N. Fairbanks, Jr.
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                                          Russell N. Fairbanks, Jr.
                                          Sr. Vice President and General Counsel