Unassociated Document
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)                         February 23, 2011                                                         

APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-14015
77-0262908
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
3590 East Columbia Street, Tucson, Arizona
85714
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(520) 628-7415
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02. 
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers, Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(e)      On February 23, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Director of Applied Energetics, Inc. (the “Company”) awarded, with a grant date of February 28, 2011, 23,000, 17,000 and 17,000 restricted stock units, respectively, to Joseph Hayden, the Company’s President and principal executive officer, Eric Lau, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Engineering, and Humberto Astorga, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  The restricted stock units vest as to one-third of the shares on the third business day following the dates on which the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ending December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.

APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
(Registrant)
   
By:
/s/ Humberto Astorga
 
Humberto Astorga
 
Chief Financial Officer
Date:  February 28, 2011