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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914260-15-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150327
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150402

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-13200
		FILM NUMBER:		15748486

	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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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Item 5.02.&#160; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On March 27, 2015, the Compensation Committee (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) of the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Astro-Med, Inc. (the &#8220;Company) approved a new Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), which replaces the Management Bonus Plan for Group III (executive officers) and the Management Bonus Plan for Vice President &#8211; International Branches.&#160; The Plan is effective as of February 1, 2015 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;) and shall remain in effect until terminated by the Committee.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Committee shall determine annually the percentage of the Target Award to be allocated to each Performance Goal (&#8220;Performance Goal Allocation Percentage&#8221;). Unless otherwise determined by the Committee for any Plan Year, the Performance Goal Allocation Percentages shall be as follows: Revenue (25%); OpInc (55%); and EVA&#160;(20%).</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Performance with respect to each specific Performance Goal will be calculated independently to determine the amount of the award for such Performance Goal (each, an &#8220;Award Component&#8221;).&#160; Each Award Component will be independently adjusted by an &#8220;Adjustment Factor,&#8221; determined as follows:</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(i)</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If the actual performance exceeds the Performance Goal for the Plan Year, the Adjustment Factor for such Performance Goal will be 1 plus the percentage by which actual performance exceeds the Performance Goal.&#160; For example, if actual performance exceeds the Performance Goal by 4%, the Adjustment Factor for that Award Component would be increased by 4% to 1.04.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The total Award under the Plan earned by any Participant with respect to any Plan Year shall be equal to the sum of the separate Award Components (i.e.,&#160; <font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Total Award</font>&#160; =&#160; <font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Revenue Award</font>&#160; +&#160; <font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">OpInc Award</font>&#160; +&#160; <font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EVA Award</font>).&#160; A Participant&#8217;s Award is uncapped, except as provided below under &#8220;<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><u>Award Limits</u></font>.&#8221;</div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(i)</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 5.14pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">All combined annual Awards under the Plan cannot exceed 15% of the Company&#8217;s Consolidated Operating Income for the applicable Plan Year determined without deduction for the combined Awards under the Plan for such Plan Year.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(ii)</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 5.14pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If the EVA Performance Goal is less than $1 million for any Plan Year, the maximum Award to a Participant for such Plan Year may not exceed two (2) times the Participant&#8217;s Target Award.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(iii)</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 5.14pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The aggregate Awards earned must be fully accounted for when determining whether a Performance Goal based upon Operating Income has been achieved (i.e., adequate reserves for Awards must be provided in the Operating Income reported by the Company).</font></div>

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