SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 1997
Saf T Lok Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida 1-11968 65-0142837
(State of (Commission (IRS Employer Iden-
Incorporation) File Number) tification No.)
18245 S.E. Federal Highway, Tequesta, Florida 33469
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 561-743-5625
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
John L. Gardner became President of the Registrant on April 16,
1997, assuming that position from Franklin W. Brooks, who remains
Chairman of the Board. Mr. Gardner now serves as Chief Executive
Officer of the Registrant. Additionally, Mr. Gardner was elected
as a Director of the Registrant.
Mr. Gardner (age 61) has been Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Central Florida Innovation Corporation, a high
technology business incubator in Orlando, Florida since 1996.
Prior to that, from 1993 to 1996 he served as Vice President and
General Manager of the Orlando division of Coleman Research Cor
poration, a computer hardware engineering company. From 1986
through 1993 he worked for McDonnell Douglas, most recently as
Vice President/ General Manager of its Laser and Electronics
Systems Division generating $230 million in annual sales. Mr.
Gardner earned a bachelors of science degree in mathematics and
physics from Louisiana State University in 1957 and a masters of
science degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of
Technology in 1958. He attended Harvard University's Advanced
Management Program in 1991.
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S I G N A T U R E
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.
Date: April 18, 1997 SAF T LOK INCORPORATED
By:
// Frank Brooks
________________________________ Franklin W. Brooks, Chairman
