UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 28, 2015

 

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MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

New York

  

000-06890

  

14-1462255

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

325 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, New York 12205

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(518) 218-2550

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 8-Other Events

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 28, 2015, Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (the “Company”) entered into a stock repurchase plan with a registered broker-dealer under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with the Company’s previously-announced authorization by its board approving the Company’s repurchase of up to 525,000 of its outstanding shares of common stock.  Pursuant to the stock repurchase plan, the broker-dealer will have the authority to repurchase on the Company’s behalf a portion of the shares of common stock authorized by the board for repurchase.  The timing and extent of the repurchases under the repurchase plan are subject to certain price, market volume and other constraints specified in the plan.    


 


 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement 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.

 

 

 

MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED

 


Date: December 28, 2015

By: 


/s/ KEVIN G. LYNCH

 

Name:

Kevin G. Lynch

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer