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):  

November 20, 2008

 

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MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

New York

  

0-6890

  

14-1462255

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

431 New Karner Road, Albany, New York 12205

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(518) 533-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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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 November 20, 2008, Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that Rodney A. Tillinghast, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, will be transitioning out of the Company by December 1, 2008.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

 

MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED

 


Date: November 20, 2008

 

By: 


/S/ PENG K. LIM

 

Name:

Peng K. Lim

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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