UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q /A-1
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
From ________________ to ________________
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington | 000-27793 | 91-1238077 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
415 N. Quay St. Bldg B1 Kennewick WA |
| 99336 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
(509) 735-9092
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address & former fiscal year, if changed since last report
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filings for the past 90 days. YES x NO ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
YES ¨ NO x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer | ¨(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | x |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No x
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
As of September 30, 2010, the number of the Company's shares of common stock par value $0.001 outstanding was 5,158,667.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On November 10, 2010, Electronic Systems Technology, Inc. filed its Form 10-Q, for the Quarter ended September 30, 2010, to report the events contained herein and therein. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q is being filed solely to amend the original report to include clarifying language as to Item 4T and include updated Sarbanes Oxley Section 302 Certifications.
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures.
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of Company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.
An evaluation has been performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and the operation of our "disclosure controls and procedures" (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2010. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have determined that there was a material weakness affecting our internal control over financial reporting and, as a result of that weakness, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2010.
The material weakness is as follows:
We did not maintain effective controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties as the same officer and employee was responsible for the initiating and recording of transactions, thereby creating segregation of duties weaknesses. Due to the (1) significance of segregation of duties to the preparation of reliable financial statements; (2) the significance of potential misstatement that could have resulted due to the deficient controls; and, (3) the absence of sufficient other mitigating controls; we determined that this control deficiency resulted in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement or lack of disclosure within the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.
Management has evaluated and continues to evaluate, avenues for mitigating our internal controls weaknesses, but mitigating controls that are practical and cost effective have not been found based on the size and structure of our organization. Taking into account reduced revenues experienced during 2009, and the tenuous economic recovery in the United States, Management does not foresee implementing a cost effective method of mitigating our internal controls weaknesses in the near term. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks.
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Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
There have been no changes during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal controls over financial reporting.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |
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Date: December 28, 2010 | /s/ T. L. KIRCHNER | |
| Name: T.L. Kirchner | |
Title: Director/President | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
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Date: December 28, 2010 | /s/ JON CORREIO | |
| Name: Jon Correio | |
Title: Vice President, Finance & Administration | ||
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||
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