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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 75%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;October 18, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.</B></P>

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in Charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; width: 35%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">New York</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; width: 30%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">1-4415</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; width: 35%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">11-1734643</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">48 South Service Road, Melville,</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">New York</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">11747</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 74%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Registrant's telephone number, including area code</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(631) 465-3600</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Not Applicable</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report</B></P>

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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 94%; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Item 8.01</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold"><B><U>Other Events</U>.</B></TD></TR>
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Corp. (the &quot;Company&quot;) issued a news release on October 18, 2012 announcing that its Board of Directors has authorized
the Company&rsquo;s purchase, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, of up to 1,000,000 shares of its Common
Stock, representing approximately 5% of the Company&rsquo;s 20,802,020 total outstanding shares as of the close of business on
October 17, 2012 and reporting that this authorization supersedes any unused prior Board of Directors&rsquo; authorizations to
purchase shares of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, that purchases by the Company pursuant to this Board of Directors&rsquo; authorization
may occur from time to time in the future and that shares purchased by the Company will be retained as treasury stock and will
be available for use under the Company&rsquo;s stock option plan and for other corporate purposes. </B></P>

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release to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold"><B><U>Financial Statements and Exhibits</U>.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">(c)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold"><B><U>Exhibits</U>.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">99.1&nbsp; News Release dated October 18, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SIGNATURE</U></B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>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.</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL
CORP.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Date:&nbsp; October 18, 2012</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B><U STYLE="text-decoration: none">/s/ P. Matthew Farabaugh </U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">P. Matthew Farabaugh</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">Vice President and Chief Financial</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Page</U></B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;&nbsp; 99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">News Release dated October 18, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; layout-grid-mode: line; font-weight: bold">5</TD></TR>
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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):
October 18, 2012
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Charter)
New York
1-4415
11-1734643
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
48 South Service Road, Melville,
New York
11747
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(631) 465-3600
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
Other Events
.
Park Electrochemical
Corp. (the "Company") issued a news release on October 18, 2012 announcing that its Board of Directors has authorized
the Company's purchase, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, of up to 1,000,000 shares of its Common
Stock, representing approximately 5% of the Company's 20,802,020 total outstanding shares as of the close of business on
October 17, 2012 and reporting that this authorization supersedes any unused prior Board of Directors' authorizations to
purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, that purchases by the Company pursuant to this Board of Directors' authorization
may occur from time to time in the future and that shares purchased by the Company will be retained as treasury stock and will
be available for use under the Company's stock option plan and for other corporate purposes.
The Company is furnishing the news
release to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(c)
Exhibits
.
99.1  News Release dated October 18, 2012
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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.
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL
CORP.
Date:  October 18, 2012
By:
/s/ P. Matthew Farabaugh
Name:
P. Matthew Farabaugh
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Exhibit
Description
Page
99.1
News Release dated October 18, 2012
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