X0305 4 2012-03-29 0 0000008146 ASTRO MED INC /NEW/ ALOT 0001258010 PETRARCA STEPHEN M C/O ASTRO-MED, INC. 600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE WEST WARWICK RI 02893 0 1 0 0 Vice President Stock Option (Right to Purchase) 8.35 2012-03-29 4 A 0 3375 0 A 2022-03-29 Common Stock 3375 3375 D Restricted Stock Units 2012-03-29 4 A 0 3375 0 A Common Stock 3375 3375 D This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of ALOT common stock. The restricted stock units vest in two equal annual installments on the first and second anniversary of the grant date subject to the achievement of certain specified goals relating to the 2013 fiscal year net sales and operating income. Margaret D. Farrell (Attorney-in-Fact for Stephen M. Petrarca) 2012-04-02