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

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 30, 2002
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                          Commission File Number 1-4311
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                                PALL CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  New York                                   11-1541330
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        (State or other jurisdiction                      (I.R.S. Employer
              of incorporation)                          Identification No.)


             2200 Northern Boulevard
                East Hills, New York                          11548
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     (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                                  516-484-5400
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)









ITEM 5.  Other Events

         The following press release of Pall Corporation is being filed pursuant
to Rule 135c(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.






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PALL CORPORATION                  NEWS RELEASE

                                  Pall Corporation
                                  2200 Northern Boulevard
                                  East Hills, NY  11548-1289 USA

                                  516.484.5400 phone
                                  516.484.3649 fax
                                  www.pall.com



PALL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PROPOSED PRIVATE PLACEMENT

East Hills, NY (07/30/2002) -- Pall Corporation  (NYSE:PLL) announced today that
it intends to issue  approximately  $250,000,000 of unsecured  senior notes in a
private placement,  subject to market and other conditions. All of Pall's active
U.S.  subsidiaries will fully and  unconditionally  guarantee Pall's obligations
under the senior notes on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis.

Pall intends to apply the net proceeds of the offering  toward the  repayment of
borrowings  under a $360  million  interim  credit  facility  which  was used to
finance Pall's acquisition in April 2002 of the Filtration and Separations Group
from United States Filter Corporation,  an indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Vivendi Environnement S.A.

The senior notes to be offered in the private  placement  have not been and will
not be registered  under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  or applicable
state  securities  laws,  and may not be offered  or sold in the  United  States
absent  registration  under the Securities Act and applicable  state  securities
laws or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.


Contact:
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John Adamovich, Pall Corporation
516.801.9808



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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.



                                       PALL CORPORATION



                                       By:/s/ John Adamovich, Jr.
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                                              John Adamovich, Jr.
                                              Group Vice President, Treasurer
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer

Date:  July 30, 2002





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