UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 10, 2006

MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

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)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(518) 533-2200

 

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:

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 10, 2006, Mechanical Technology Incorporated issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. The full text of Mechanical Technology Incorporated's press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit hereto are furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and are not intended to be incorporated by reference into future filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 unless expressly incorporated by reference in such filings.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT

 

No.

DESCRIPTION

99.1

Press release of Mechanical Technology Incorporated issued on May 10, 2006.

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: May 10, 2006

By: /S/ CYNTHIA A. SCHEUER

Name: Cynthia A. Scheuer

 

Title: Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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