Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
600 East Greenwich Avenue
West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893
For Immediate Release
Contact: | Albert W. Ondis | February 9, 2006 |
Joseph P. O’Connell
Astro-Med, Inc.
(401) 828-4000
www.astro-medinc.com
Astro-Med Reschedules
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
West Warwick, RI, February 9, 2006 – Astro-Med, Inc., (NASDAQ:ALOT) announced today that the Company is rescheduling its Annual Shareholders’ meeting from Tuesday, May 9, 2006 to Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 10:00 AM EDT at the Company's corporate offices in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
The change of the meeting date will allow company executives to present the Company’s growth plan and proprietary technologies at the American Electronics Association (AeA) Financial Conference in Monterey, California on May 7-9, 2006. This important annual financial conference attracts a large number of money managers, mutual funds, and other institutions who invest selectively in growing technology companies such as Astro-Med. Presentation at the AeA Conference is a part of Astro-Med’s new strategy to raise its visibility to the Investment Community.
Astro-Med, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high tech specialty printing systems, electronic medical instrumentation, and test and measurement instruments employed around the world in a wide range of industrial, scientific, and medical applications.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Astro-Med’s FY2005 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.