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): ~~May 15~~June 8, 2026

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.)
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

600 East Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, RI 02893 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each ~~Exchangeon~~Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, $0.05 Par Value		ALOT		NASDAQ Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 12.0102 ~~Entry~~Results ~~into~~of aOperations ~~Material~~and ~~Definitive~~Financial ~~Agreement~~Condition.

On ~~May~~June 158, 2026, we, ~~together~~issued ~~with~~a ~~our~~press ~~subsidiaries~~release ~~AstroNova~~reporting ~~Portugal, Unipessoal (“AstroNova Portugal”) and MTEX New Solution, S.A. (“MTEX”) entered into a settlement (~~the ~~“Settlement”)~~financial ~~with~~results ~~Eloi~~for ~~Serafim~~our ~~Alves~~fiscal ~~Ferreira,~~first ~~Effort~~quarter ~~Premier~~ended ~~Solutions~~April 30, ~~LDA~~2026. ~~(“Effort”) and Atlantiprestigio – Imobiliaria, S.~~A. ~~(“Atlantiprestigio”)~~copy ~~pursuant~~of ~~to which~~ the ~~parties~~press ~~agreed to resolve and~~ release ~~any~~is ~~and~~attached ~~all~~hereto ~~claims~~as ~~against~~Exhibit ~~one~~99.1 ~~another arising out of~~ and ~~relating~~is toincorporated ~~the~~herein ~~acquisition of MTEX~~ by ~~AstroNova Portugal in May 2024~~reference.

~~Under~~The ~~the~~information ~~terms~~contained ofin ~~the~~Item ~~Settlement,~~2.02 ~~among~~of ~~other~~this ~~things,~~report ~~Atlantiprestigio~~and ~~will~~Exhibit ~~transfer~~99.1 toattached ~~AstroNova~~hereto ~~Portugal~~shall annot ~~industrial~~be ~~property~~deemed ~~located in Porto, Portugal (the~~ “~~Property~~filed”), ~~which~~for ispurposes ~~currently~~of ~~leased~~Section 18 byof ~~MTEX~~the ~~from~~Securities ~~Atlantiprestigio,~~Exchange ~~and~~Act ~~Atlantiprestigio~~of ~~will~~1934, ~~waive~~as ~~its~~amended ~~right~~(the to“Exchange ~~receive~~Act”), ~~any~~or ~~amounts~~otherwise ~~from~~subject ~~MTEX under the lease agreement relating~~ to the ~~Property.~~liabilities ~~For purposes~~ of ~~the~~that ~~settlement~~section, ~~the~~nor ~~parties~~shall ~~agreed~~it ~~that~~be ~~the~~deemed ~~value~~incorporated ofby ~~the~~reference ~~Property~~in isany ~~€2.5 million.~~filing ~~Simultaneously~~under ~~with~~ the ~~execution~~Securities Act of ~~the Settlement~~1933, weas ~~and~~amended, ~~AstroNova~~or ~~Portugal~~the ~~agreed~~Exchange toAct, ~~cause~~except ~~Mr. Ferreira~~as ~~and~~expressly ~~his~~set ~~spouse~~forth toby bespecific ~~released~~reference ~~from~~in ~~certain~~such ~~personal~~a ~~guarantees for loans extended to MTEX~~filing.

Upon the completion of the definitive registration of the Property in the name of AstroNova Portugal with the appropriate governmental authorities in Portugal, we, AstroNova Portugal, Mr. Ferreira and Effort agreed to terminate the currently pending arbitration proceedings pending in the Arbitration Center in Oporto, Portugal. The Settlement includes a mutual release of all claims between the parties and an agreement with regard to the allocation of the costs of the arbitration.

The forgoing description of the terms of the Settlement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

ExhibitNo.		Exhibit
Exhibit No.		Exhibit
10.1		Settlement dated May 15, 2026 by and among AstroNova, Inc., AstroNova Portugal, Unipessoal, MTEX New Solution, S.A., Eloi Serafim Alves Ferreira, Effort Premier Solutions, LDA., and Atlantiprestigio – Imobiliaria, S.A.
99.1		Press Release dated June 8, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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: May 18, 2026

/s/ Thomas D. DeByle

Dated: June 8, 2026

/s/ Thomas D. DeByle

Thomas D. DeByle

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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