gyrodyne_8k-030509.htm
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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2009
GYRODYNE
COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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New
York
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000-01684
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11-1688021
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1
FLOWERFIELD, Suite 24
ST.
JAMES, NEW YORK 11780
(Address
of principal executive
offices)
(Zip Code)
(631)
584-5400
Registrant's
telephone number,
including
area code
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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
8.01. Other Events.
Gyrodyne
Company of America, Inc. (the “Company”) today received an Order from the Court
of Claims of the State of New York, dated February 25, 2009, directing that the
trial in the Company’s case for just compensation from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook resulting from the condemnation of 245.5 acres of the
Company’s Flowerfield property shall commence on August 3, 2009. A
copy of the Order is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Order
of the Court of Claims, dated February 25,
2009.
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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.
GYRODYNE
COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.
By: /s/
Stephen V. Maroney
Stephen
V. Maroney
President,
Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer
Date: March
5, 2009
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