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) 
December  29, 2010

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 December 29, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Director of Applied Energetics Inc. (the “Company”) increased the annual salary of Humberto Astorga, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to $170,000.

 
 

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/ Joseph Hayden
 
Joseph Hayden
 
President

Date:  December 29, 2010