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)
March 21, 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	(IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION	
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)	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 8.01. Other Events
On March 21, 2006, Astro-Med, Inc. issued a press release in which it announced that the Board of Directors, at their meeting on March 20, 2006, raised the quarterly cash dividend from $0.04 to $0.05 payable on April 3, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 24, 2006. A copy of the press release relating to such announcement, dated March 21, 2006, 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	Press Release dated March 21, 2006	
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: March 21, 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	Press Release dated March 21, 2006	

 

 
Exhibit 99.1
 
PRESS RELEASE

 
600 East Greenwich Avenue
West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893
 
For Immediate Release
 
Contact:	Albert W. Ondis	March 21, 2006	
 	Joseph P. O’Connell	 	
 	Astro-Med, Inc.	 	
 	(401) 828-4000	 	
 	www.astro-medinc.com	 	

 
Astro-Med Announces 25% Dividend Increase
 
West Warwick, RI, March 21, 2006 -- Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALOT) announced that the Board of Directors, at their meeting on March 20, 2006, raised the quarterly cash dividend from $0.04 to $0.05 payable on April 3, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 24, 2006. The Company expects to maintain the cash dividend rate of $0.20 per share annually. Astro-Med, Inc. will release its 4 th Quarter and annual financial results later today.
 
Astro-Med, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high tech specialty printing systems, electronic medical instrumentation, and test and measurement instruments employed around the world in a wide range of industrial, scientific, and medical applications.

 
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Astro-Med’s FY2005 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.