gyrodyne_8k-111208.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
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Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10,
2008
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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.
On
November 12, 2008, Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. (the “Company”) issued the
press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing that on November 10,
2008 the Company and the State of New York filed with the Court of Claims their
respective appraisals regarding the value of the 245.5 acres in St. James and
Stony Brook, New York that were appropriated by the State on November 2, 2005
under the power of eminent domain.
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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Press
Release of Gyrodyne Company of America, dated November 12,
2008.
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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: November
12, 2008