UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~PURSUANT~~ TOPursuant ~~SECTION~~to Section 13 ORor 15(Dd) OF ~~THE~~of the ~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act OFof 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~August~~ January 411, ~~2005~~ 2006

LANCER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in ~~Its~~ Charter)

Texas (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-13875 (Commission File Number) 74-1591073 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


6655 Lancer Blvd., San Antonio, Texas		78219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

0-13875		74-1591073
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
6655 Lancer Blvd., San Antonio, Texas		78219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(210) 310-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

~~(210)~~ Check ~~310~~the appropriate box below if the Form 8-~~7000~~K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

~~(Registrant’s~~o ~~Telephone~~Written ~~Number, Including~~communications ~~Area~~pursuant ~~Code~~to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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~~Check~~o ~~the~~Pre-commencement ~~appropriate~~communications ~~box~~pursuant ~~below~~to ~~if the Form~~Rule 814d-~~K filing~~2(b) ~~is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant~~ under ~~any of~~ the ~~following~~Exchange ~~provisions~~Act (~~see~~17 ~~General~~CFR ~~Instruction A~~240.14d-2~~. below~~(b):)

o ~~Written~~ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule ~~425~~ 13e-4(c) under the ~~Securities~~Exchange Act (17 CFR ~~230~~ 240.~~425~~13e-4(c))

~~o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule~~Item ~~14a-12 under~~8.01 ~~the~~Other ~~Exchange Act (17 CFR 240~~Events.~~14a-12)~~

~~o Pre-commencement~~On ~~communications~~January 11, 2006, Lancer Corporation issued a press release announcing the filing of a lawsuit by a purported stockholder of Lancer Corporation in the 288th District Court of Bexar County, Texas in the name of Lancer Corporation against its Board of Directors. The lawsuit concerns the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which the company will ~~Rule~~be acquired by an affiliate of Hoshizaki America, Inc. for $22.00 per share in cash, representing a transaction value of approximately $215.0 ~~14d-2(b) under~~million. For additional information, reference is made to the ~~Exchange~~press ~~Act~~release ~~(17~~attached ~~CFR~~hereto ~~240~~as Exhibit 99.~~14d-~~1 and a letter to stockholders attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2~~(b))~~, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

~~o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule~~Item ~~13e-4(c) under~~9.01 ~~the~~Financial ~~Exchange~~Statements ~~Act~~and ~~(17 CFR 240~~Exhibits.~~13e-4(c))~~

~~Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.~~ (d) Exhibits

On August 4, 2005, Lancer Corporation issued a news release attached as Exhibit 99.1 with this Current Report on Form 8-K.


99.1		Press Release, dated January 11, 2006
99.2		Letter to Stockholders, dated January 11, 2006

~~The information, including the exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8~~-K1- is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.~~SIGNATURES

~~(c) Exhibits~~ Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Lancer Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

99.1 News release dated August 4, 2005.


Date: January 11, 2006	LANCER CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Christopher D. Hughes
		Christopher D. Hughes, Chief Executive Officer

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~~SIGNATURES~~EXHIBIT INDEX

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.


Exhibit
Number		Exhibit

99.1		Press Release, dated January 11, 2006
99.2		Letter to Stockholders, dated January 11, 2006

		LANCER CORPORATION
Date: August 5, 2005	By:	/s/ CHRISTOPHER D. HUGHES
		Christopher D. Hughes
		Chief Executive Officer

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