FORM 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

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)

 

January 12, 2006

 

ASTRO-MED, INC

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-13200

 

RHODE ISLAND   05-0318215

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF

INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

  

(IRS EMPLOYER

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

 

600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)

 

(401-828-4000)

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

 

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

 

¨   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

ITEM 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On January 12, 2006, Astro-Med, Inc. (the “Company”) made a presentation at the Eighth Annual Needham Growth Conference held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. The Conference is organized annually by Needham & Company, and participation at the conference is by invitation only. A copy of the slides included in the presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c) Exhibit

 

  Exhibit no.  
  

Exhibit    

99.1   Slide presentation for Eighth Annual Needham Growth Conference

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

DATE: January 12, 2006       ASTRO-MED, INC.
            By:   /s/    JOSEPH P. O’CONNELL        
               

Joseph P. O’Connell

Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

  Exhibit No.  
  

Exhibit    

99.1   Slide presentation for Eighth Annual Needham Growth Conference