UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 21, 2017
ASTRONOVA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Rhode Island	 	0-13200	 	05-0318215	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(Commission
File Number)	 	(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)	
600 East Greenwich Avenue
West Warwick, RI 02893
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(401)-828-4000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.	
On August 21, 2017, our board of directors formally elected Joseph P. O’Connell, our Vice-President Business Development and former Chief Financial Officer, as our interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective as of September 1, 2017. He will also serve as our interim principal accounting officer. Mr. O’Connell will succeed John P. Jordan, our current Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, who is resigning his position with us to pursue another professional opportunity, and will serve until Mr. Jordan’s permanent replacement is appointed.
Mr. O’Connell, 73, joined AstroNova, Inc. in 1996 and served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until August 2016, when he assumed the role of Vice-President Business Development. Mr. O’Connell previously held senior financial management positions with Cherry Tree Products Inc., IBI Corporation and Avery Dennison Corporation.
 
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	 		 	ASTRONOVA, INC.	
				
Dated: August 25, 2017	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Gregory A. Woods	
	 		 		 		 	Gregory A. Woods
President and Chief Executive Officer	
 
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