<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001003297-16-000550.txt : 20160115
<SEC-HEADER>0001003297-16-000550.hdr.sgml : 20160115
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160115160132
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001003297-16-000550
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160114
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160115
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160115

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000064463
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829]
		IRS NUMBER:				141462255
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		325 WASHINGTON AVENUE EXTENSION
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12205
		BUSINESS PHONE:		518-218-2500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		325 WASHINGTON AVENUE EXTENSION
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12205

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Phelan William P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001311899

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06890
		FILM NUMBER:		161345429

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC
		STREET 2:		325 WASHINGTON AVENUE EXTENSION
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12205
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-01-14</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000064463</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MKTY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001311899</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Phelan William P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>325 WASHNINGTON AVENUE EXTENSION</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ALBANY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>12205</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Rights to Buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.78</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-01-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>18000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-01-13</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>18000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>18000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Stock option grant for annual board service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options to purchase Common Stock of Issuer pursuant to Issuer's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and subject thereto. Vesting at the rate of 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of the award, with first vest occurring on January 14, 2017, for so long as the recipient of the Option remains an employee or board member of, or consultant to, Issuer, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Option Agreement entered into by and between Issuer and the Optionee.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/S/ Kevin G. Lynch, as Power of Att. for William P. Phelan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-01-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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