ITEM 5.02(c). Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The L. S. Starrett Company, a global manufacturer of industrial, professional and consumer products, named Francis J. O'Brien as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of November 5, 2009.

Mr. O'Brien was previously Chief Financial Officer at Delta Education, LLC, an elementary school education company, from 2005 to 2009. Prior to Delta Education, he was Chief Financial Officer at StockerYale Corporation, a publicly traded technology company, from 2001 to 2004 and Director of Finance and Business Development at Analogic Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of medical and security systems, from 1998 to 2000. Mr. O'Brien served as Corporate Vice President of Finance & Administration for Addison Wesley, a global education company, from 1982 to 1997 and as Senior Manager at Coopers & Lybrand, an international public accounting firm, from 1976 to 1982.

Mr. O'Brien holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Suffolk University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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