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 13, 2005

 

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)

 

 

ITEM 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On January 13, 2005, Astro-Med, Inc. (the “Company”) made a presentation at the Seventh 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 Seventh 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 13, 2005       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 Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference