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Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Stat

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

On November 20, 2009, the Board of Directors of Invacare Corporation (the "Company") elected former United States Senator Charles S. Robb as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2010, on the recommendation of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors. Senator Robb will serve in the class of directors who will stand for re-election at the Company's 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Senator Robb, age 70, served as Lt. Governor of Virginia from 1978 to 1982, as Virginia's 64th Governor from 1982 to 1986, and as a United States Senator from 1989 to 2001. While in the Senate, he became the first member ever to serve simultaneously on all three national security committees (Armed Services, Foreign Relations and Intelligence). He also served on the Finance, Commerce, and Budget Committees.

Since leaving the Senate in 2001, Senator Robb has been a Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy at George Mason University and has served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors at the United States Naval Academy and Co-Chairman of the President's Commission on Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. He has also been a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, the Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board and the FBI Director's Advisory Board, as well as the Iraq Study Group and several other national security advisory boards and commissions. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that conducts federally funded research and development.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Senator Robb and any other person pursuant to which Senator Robb was elected as a director of the Company. Senator Robb has not entered into any related party transactions with the Company that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On November 23, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Senator Robb to the Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2010, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 24, 2009, the Company issued a press release in which it announced approval by the Board of Directors of proceeding with the removal of the Company's classified board structure and noted other significant enhancements to the Company's corporate governance framework and policies. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.