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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914260-15-000039
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150618
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150619
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150619

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:		15942423

	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="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">On June 18, 2015, Astro-Med, Inc. (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Company</font>") entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Purchase Agreement</font>") with Rugged Information Technology Equipment Corporation. (d/b/a RITEC), a California corporation (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Seller</font>") and certain of its shareholders, whereby the Company agreed to acquire the Seller's ruggedized printer product line for civil and commercial aircraft (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Products</font>") in exchange for approximately $7.4 million in cash (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Transaction</font>").</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">In connection with the closing of the Transaction on June 19, 2015, the Company and the Seller entered into a Transition Services Agreement and a License Agreement with the Seller and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements with certain shareholders of the Seller, the terms of which are described below under Item 2.01.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">On June 19, 2015 (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Closing Date</font>"), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement referenced in Item 1.01 above, the Company acquired the Seller's ruggedized printer product line for civil and commercial aircraft in exchange for an approximate $7.4 million cash purchase price. The Company funded the purchase price from its available cash and investment securities.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">The assets that the Company acquired from the Seller on the Closing Date consist principally of accounts receivable, equipment, intellectual property, customer contracts relating to the Products and Seller's goodwill associated with this business.&#160; Of the $7.4 million purchase price, $750,000 will be held in escrow for 12 months following the Closing Date to provide security for Seller's indemnity obligations to the Company in the event of any breach in the representations, warranties and covenants of the Seller.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">On the Closing Date, the Company and the Seller entered into a Transition Services Agreement, pursuant to which the Seller will provide transition services and continue to manufacture the Products for the Company for approximately six months, after which time the Company intends to manufacture the Products at its West Warwick, Rhode Island facility.&#160; Upon expiration of the Transition Service Agreement, the Company will purchase any Product inventory held by Seller at its book value (net of reserves), which it estimates will be approximately $100,000.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">On the Closing Date, the Company and the Seller also entered into a License Agreement, whereby the Company has granted the Seller certain rights to use the intellectual property acquired from the Seller in the design, development, marketing, manufacture, sale and servicing of ruggedized printers for aircraft sold to the military end-user market and printers sold to other non-aircraft market segments.&#160; The Seller will pay the Company royalties equal to 7.5% of the sales price on all licensed products sold by the Seller into the military end-user aircraft market during the first five years of the License Agreement.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">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.</div>

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