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): ~~July~~December 201, 2009

ADVANCE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

COLORADO	0-15224	84-0969445
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

7334 So. Alton Way, Suite F	Centennial, Colorado	80112
(Address of principal executive offices)	~~(City, State)~~	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 267-0111

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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5.02. Departure of Directors or ~~Principal~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of ~~Principal~~ Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(cb) ~~Effective July~~On 20December 1, 2009, ~~Gregory~~Dwight LE. ~~Heacock,~~“Jody” ~~age~~Thomas ~~49,~~ was ~~appointed~~removed ~~Vice~~from ~~President, Research~~his &position ~~Development~~as ~~and~~Director ~~Chief~~of ~~Technology~~Product ~~Officer~~Management of Advance Display Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”)~~. Prior~~ ~~to joining the Company, Mr. Heacock co-founded Sensor LLC, a material science development company for the medical industry~~ and ~~served~~is astherefore ~~its~~no ~~Vice~~longer ~~President,~~considered ~~Research~~an &executive ~~Development from~~officer ~~December 2006 to July 2009. From October 2003 to December 2006, Mr. Heacock served as Director~~ of ~~Engineering, Visient Division of Light Sciences Corporation, a medical research company. Mr. Heacock was also~~ the ~~co-founder and Chief Scientist of Retinal Technologies Inc~~Company., (now Retica Systems Inc.), a company specializing in high security biometric identification from September 2002 to September 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Heacock was the Research Fellow at eMagin Inc. (Virtual Vision) and the Research Director for Ocular Instruments Inc.

~~Unless his~~(c) On ~~compensation~~December is1, ~~modified~~2009, byRobert ~~the~~Ridgeway, ~~Compensation~~age ~~Committee~~47, was appointed Vice President of ~~the~~Global ~~Board~~Business Development and Planning of ~~Directors~~ the Company. From July 2008 until his appointment, Mr. ~~Heacock~~Ridgeway ~~will~~had bebeen ~~paid~~principally engaged as an ~~annual~~independent ~~salary~~contractor to the Company, providing consulting services in the areas of ~~$180~~finance,~~000~~ corporate development and isadministration. From ~~entitled~~ July 2007 to ~~the~~July ~~same~~2008, ~~employee~~Mr. ~~benefits~~Ridgeway ~~the~~provided ~~Company~~similar ~~provides~~consulting services to ~~its~~various other ~~full~~companies ~~time employees~~as an independent contractor. From 1985 to 2007, Mr. ~~Heacock~~Ridgeway isworked ~~also~~for ~~eligible~~Hamilton ~~for~~Sundstrand ~~additional~~Power ~~incentive based~~Systems, ~~compensation~~a United Technologies company. During his employment with Hamilton, Mr. Ridgeway served in ~~the~~various ~~future~~capacities, asincluding: ~~may~~Vice bePresident ~~awarded~~and byGeneral ~~the~~Manager ~~Compensation~~from 2003 to ~~Committee~~2007; Chairman of the Board of Revima APU, ina ~~its~~joint ~~sole~~venture ~~discretion. There~~of ~~are~~Hamilton noand ~~other~~EADS, ~~agreements~~from ~~or understandings~~2003 into ~~place~~2007; atDirector ~~this~~of ~~time~~Operations ~~concerning~~from ~~Mr.~~2001 ~~Heacock’s~~to ~~compensation~~2003; ~~by the~~Director, ~~Company~~Business Development, Finance and Administration from 2000 to 2001; Chief Financial Officer from 1992 to 2000; Financial Planning Manager from 1990 to 1992 and Senior Buyer and Operations Administrator from 1985 to 1990.

~~While~~Unless ~~Mr. Heacock~~his ~~has~~compensation ~~not~~is ~~entered~~modified ~~into~~by anthe ~~employment~~Compensation ~~agreement~~Committee ~~with~~of the Company’s ~~and therefore~~Board ~~has~~of noDirectors, ~~right~~Mr. toRidgeway ~~continued~~will ~~employment~~be inpaid ~~the~~a ~~future,~~base hesalary ~~did~~of ~~execute~~$150,000 ~~a standard~~per ~~Employee~~annum, ~~Agreement~~plus ~~(the~~a ~~“Agreement”)~~sales ~~that~~commission ~~contains~~of ~~nondisclosure, noncompetition~~between 1% and ~~similar~~1.5% ~~covenants,~~for ~~including~~any ansales ~~assignment~~booked toby the Company ~~of any~~through ~~newly~~November ~~developed~~30, ~~intellectual~~2010, ~~property~~ while he is ~~employed~~serving byas the Company’s Vice President of Global Business Development and Planning or until the Company hires a Vice President of Sales, whichever occurs first. ~~The~~Mr. ~~Agreement~~Ridgeway is also ~~confirms~~eligible ~~that~~for headditional ~~has~~incentive ~~been~~based ~~hired~~compensation in the future as anmay “be awarded by the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion. There are no other agreements or understandings in place at ~~will”~~ ~~employee~~this time concerning Mr. Ridgeway’s compensation by the Company.

While Mr. Ridgeway has not entered into an employment agreement with the Company and therefore has no right to continued employment in the future, he did execute a standard Employee Agreement (the “Agreement”) that contains nondisclosure, noncompetition and similar covenants, including an assignment to the Company of any newly developed intellectual property while he is employed by the Company. The Agreement also confirms that he has been hired as an “at will” employee.

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.

Date: July 22, 2009 ADVANCE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Date: December 7, 2009	ADVANCE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

	By: /s/ Mattthew W. Shankle
	Matthew W. Shankle, President

By: /s/ Matthew W. Shankle

Matthew W. Shankle, President

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