<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000891839-14-000060.txt : 20140522
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140522163027
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891839-14-000060
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140520
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140522

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRANSCAT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099302
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825]
		IRS NUMBER:				160874418
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		35 VANTAGE POINT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14624
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5853527777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		35 VANTAGE POINT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14624

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANSMATION INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Rudow Lee D.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001535064

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-03905
		FILM NUMBER:		14864102

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O TRANSCAT, INC.
		STREET 2:		35 VANTAGE POINT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14624
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    <periodOfReport>2014-05-20</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0000099302</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRANSCAT INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRNS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Rudow Lee D.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TRANSCAT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>35 VANTAGE POINT DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ROCHESTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>14624</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.50 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-05-20</value>
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    <derivativeTable>
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                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares were awarded to Mr. Rudow upon the vesting of a performance-based restricted stock award granted to him on 4/4/11 under the Transcat, Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The shares underlying the award vest after three years subject to the Company achieving specific cumulative fully-diluted earnings per share (EPS) objectives over the eligible three-year period ending in fiscal year 2014. Based on the Company's achievement of certain pre-determined EPS thresholds, Mr. Rudow's award vested with respect to 8,799 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,367 shares acquired under the Transcat, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported by Mr. Rudow. Mr. Rudow can exercise this option as follows: 20,000 shares on 9/10/15, 20,000 shares on 9/10/16, and 60,000 shares on 9/10/17.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John J. Zimmer, Attorney-in-fact for Lee D. Rudow</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-05-22</signatureDate>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
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<TEXT>
Lee D. Rudow

Limited Power of Attorney
for Section 16 Reporting Obligations

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of John J. Zimmer,
Derek C. Hurlburt and Ebony S. Robinson, each acting
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any
and all forms including, without limitation, Forms 4 and
5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the
securities of Transcat, Inc., an Ohio corporation
(the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges
and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from
time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and
on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in
the Company's securities from any third party, including
brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to
release such information to the undersigned's representative
and approves and ratifies the release of such information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts which, in the discretion of
any attorney-in-fact, are necessary or desirable for and
on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does
not require, each attorney-in-fact to act in his or her
discretion on information provided to the attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by any
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and disclosure as the
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary
or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor any attorney-in-fact assumes
(i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility
to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with
these requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of
the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act; and

(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including,
without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section
16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present, hereby ratifying all that each attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file forms under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the
undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to each attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Limited
Power of Attorney this 18th day of November, 2011.


/s/ Lee D. Rudow
Signature


Lee D. Rudow
Print Name
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