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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 18, 2011

BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut
 
001-12075
 
06-0773922
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Four Duke Place, Norwalk, Connecticut
06854
(Address of principal executive office)
(Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(203) 853-0700

Not applicable

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 2—Financial Information
 
Item 2.02.        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 18, 2011, Bolt Technology Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s results of operations for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.  A copy of this press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and shall be deemed provided under this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.  Consequently, such information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
 
Section 5—Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Retirement of Joseph Mayerick, Jr. and Decision Not to Stand for Re-election to the Board
 
On August 18, 2011, Joseph Mayerick, Jr., Senior Vice President — Marketing, Assistant Secretary and Director of the Company, announced that he has decided to retire from the Company, with an anticipated retirement date of  June 30, 2012.  Mr. Mayerick also announced that he will leave the Board of Directors as of the end of his current term and not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2011 annual meeting of stockholders.
 
Approval of Cash Bonus Awards and Awards of Restricted Stock
 
On August 18, 2011, the Executive Compensation and Stock Option Committees of the Board of Directors of the Company approved cash bonus awards and awards of restricted stock under the Bolt Technology Corporation Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”) in respect of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, to the named executive officers identified in the Company’s proxy statement dated October 25, 2010 (the “Named Executive Officers”).  The cash bonus awards and restricted stock grants to the Named Executive Officers were as follows:  Mr. Raymond M. Soto, Chief Executive Officer and President, was awarded a discretionary performance cash bonus of $110,000 and stock bonus of 20,000 shares of restricted stock; Mr. Michael C. Hedger, Executive Vice President, was awarded a performance cash bonus of $248,000 and a discretionary stock bonus of 7,500 shares of restricted stock; Mr. Joseph Espeso, Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Joseph Mayerick, Jr., Senior Vice President – Marketing, were each awarded a discretionary cash bonus of $25,000 and stock bonus of 4,000 shares of restricted stock; and Mr. William C. Andrews, Vice President—Administration and Compliance, was awarded a discretionary cash bonus of $20,000 and stock bonus of 3,000 shares of restricted stock.  The shares of restricted stock are subject to a risk of forfeiture that is scheduled to lapse, subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable award agreement, in five equal annual installments commencing on August 18, 2012, and ending on August 18, 2016; if Mr. Soto retires before the end of such five-year period, the risk of forfeiture with respect to any such restricted stock held by Mr. Soto will lapse on the date of his retirement.

 
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Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02.

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press Release issued August 18, 2011.

 
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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.

BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
 
By:  
/s/ Raymond M. Soto
 
Raymond M. Soto
 
(Chairman of the Board, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer)

Dated:  August 23, 2011

 
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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press release issued August 18, 2011.

 
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