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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000914260-06-000175.txt : 20061031
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914260-06-000175
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061027
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASTRO MED INC /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000008146
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577]
		IRS NUMBER:				050318215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			RI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-13200
		FILM NUMBER:		061173991

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 E GREENWICH AVE
		CITY:			WEST WARWICK
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02893
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4018284000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 E GREENWICH AVENUE
		CITY:			WEST WARWICK
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02893

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ATLAN TOL INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850220
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>DATE</font><font size=4> </font><font SIZE=2>OF</font><font size=4> </font><font SIZE=2>REPORT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>October 27, 2006</font></b></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>ASTRO-MED, INC</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)</font></b></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>COMMISSION FILE NUMBER</font></B><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>0-13200</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><U><B><font SIZE=2>RHODE ISLAND</font></B></U><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><u><b><font size=2>05-0318215</font></b></u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>STATE OR OTHER</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE=2>IRS EMPLOYER</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>JURISDICTION OF</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE=2>IDENTIFICATION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>ORGANIZATION</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE=2>NUMBER</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(401-828-4000)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(REGISTRANT&#146;S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On October 27, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Astro-Med, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) approved the payment of cash bonuses to Albert W. Ondis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Everett V. Pizzuti, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and Joseph P. O&#146;Connell, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in the amounts of $397,422, $162,578 and $20,000 respectively.  These bonuses were approved in connection with the aforementioned officers&#146; efforts in consummating the sale of the Corporation&#146;s facility located in Braintree, Massachusetts (previously disclosed by the Company in its current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2006) and the successful relocation of the Company&#146;s operations formerly conducted at the Braintree facility.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>None</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt; margin-left:0.19in; text-indent:-0.19in;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>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.</font></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Joseph P. O&#146;Connell</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:4in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Vice President and Treasurer Chief Financial Officer</font></p>

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