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UNITED STATES
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) July 10, 2008
ELECTRONIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Nevada 000-51859 98-0372780
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1077 Business Center Circle, Newbury Park, California 91320
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (805) 480-1994
Not Applicable.
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 10, 2008, the holders of a majority of the outstanding common stock of
Electronic Sensor Technology, Inc. (the "Registrant") adopted and approved
resolutions by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting to effect a
ten-to-one (10-to-1) reverse stock split of the Registrant's outstanding shares
of common stock, par value $0.001. The Board of Directors of the Registrant
previously approved the ten-to-one (10-to-1) reverse stock split on April 30,
2008, subject to the requisite approval by a majority of the stockholders of the
Registrant.
Under the reverse stock split, each ten (10) shares of the Registrant's
outstanding common stock will be automatically converted into one (1) share of
common stock. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse
stock split. All fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split will
be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
The principal effect of the reverse stock split will be to reduce the total
number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding from 155,853,385 to
approximately 15,585,339 shares. The number of authorized shares will remain at
200,000,000 and the par value of the Registrant's common stock will remain at
$0.001. The reverse stock split will affect all of the holders of the
Registrant's common stock uniformly and will not affect any stockholder's
percentage ownership interest in the Registrant or proportionate voting power,
except for insignificant changes that will result from the rounding of
fractional shares.
The reasons for effecting the reverse stock split are more fully described in
the preliminary information statement filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by the Registrant on the date hereof, and
include, among other things, enabling the Registrant to maintain a sufficient
amount of authorized but unissued shares to honor the exercise and conversion of
existing warrants, debentures and options issued by the Registrant.
Additional information concerning the reverse stock split summarized herein is
disclosed in the preliminary information statement filed with the SEC by the
Registrant on the date hereof. Following review and comment on the preliminary
information statement by the SEC or the expiration of the ten (10) day waiting
period after filing the preliminary information statement required by the SEC
(if no comments are received by the Registrant from the SEC), the Registrant
expects to promptly file a definitive preliminary information with the SEC and
deliver such information statement to its stockholders. The effective date of
the reverse stock split will be on or about, but no earlier than, twenty (20)
days after the definitive information statement is mailed to the stockholders of
the Registrant.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
ELECTRONIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: July 14, 2008 By: /s/ Philip Yee
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Name: Philip Yee
Title: Secretary, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer