SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                                F O R M   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 24, 2000
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                             Jaco Electronics, Inc.
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               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


            New York               000-05896                       11-1978958
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(State or Other Jurisdic            (Commission)              (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)            File Number)           Identification No.)


145 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, New York                               11788
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (631) 273-5500
                                                   -----------------------------


                                        N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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Item 5.     Other Events.
            At a meeting held on June 22,  2000,  the Board of Directors of Jaco
Electronics,  Inc. (the "Company"),  declared a three-for-two  stock split-up in
the form of a 50% stock  dividend (the "Stock Split") with respect to the issued
and  outstanding  shares of common  stock,  par  value  $.10 per share  ("Common
Stock"),  which was paid on July 24, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close
of business on July 10, 2000 (the "Record Date").
            No fractional  shares of Common Stock were distributed in connection
with the Stock Split.  Each  shareholder  of record whose total number of shares
was not exactly  divisible by two received  cash in lieu of a fractional  share.
The cash was in an amount  equal to one-half of the fair market value of a share
of Common Stock after giving  effect to the Stock Split,  such fair market value
was  determined on the basis of 66-2/3% of the closing sales price of the Common
Stock reported by The Nasdaq National Market on the Record Date.
            As of the Record Date,  the Company had  4,168,203  shares of Common
Stock  outstanding  and was  obligated  to  issue  2,084,071  shares  (excluding
fractional shares) pursuant to the Stock Split. In addition,  as a result of the
antidilution  provisions  contained in the Company's  1993  Non-Qualified  Stock
Option Plan, 1993 Stock Plan for Outside  Directors,  Restricted  Stock Plan and
options granted to Joseph F. Hickey,  Jr., a director,  the Company is obligated
to issue an additional  [_______] shares of Common Stock when options which were
previously  granted or  options  which are to be  granted  under the plans,  are
exercised.
            Shares of the Company's  Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise
of certain stock options have been registered under (i) a Registration Statement
on Form  S-8/S-3  (Registration  No.  33-8994)  filed  with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission on March 3, 1995, (ii) a Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to a
Registration Statement on Form S-8/S-3 (Registration No. 33-8994) filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission on April 10, 1998 and (iii) a  Registration
Statement on Form S-8/S-3 (Registration No. 333-49877) filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on April 10, 1998  (collectively,  the  "Registration
Statements") . The Registration Statements are amended as a result of the filing
of this Current Report to include  approximately [_____] additional shares which
are issuable under such options as a consequence of the Stock Split.


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                                  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.

                             JACO ELECTRONICS, INC.


Date: November 9, 2000             By:
                                        /s/ Jeffrey D. Gash
                                          Jeffrey D. Gash,
                                          Vice President, Finance




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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                F O R M   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 24, 2000
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Jaco Electronics, Inc.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

            New York               000-05896                       11-1978958
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdic            (Commission)              (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)            File Number)           Identification No.)

145 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, New York                               11788
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (631) 273-5500
                                                   -----------------------------

                                        N/A
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.     Other Events.
            At a meeting held on June 22,  2000,  the Board of Directors of Jaco
Electronics,  Inc. (the "Company"),  declared a three-for-two  stock split-up in
the form of a 50% stock  dividend (the "Stock Split") with respect to the issued
and  outstanding  shares of common  stock,  par  value  $.10 per share  ("Common
Stock"),  which was paid on July 24, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close
of business on July 10, 2000 (the "Record Date").
            No fractional  shares of Common Stock were distributed in connection
with the Stock Split.  Each  shareholder  of record whose total number of shares
was not exactly  divisible by two received  cash in lieu of a fractional  share.
The cash was in an amount  equal to one-half of the fair market value of a share
of Common Stock after giving  effect to the Stock Split,  such fair market value
was  determined on the basis of 66-2/3% of the closing sales price of the Common
Stock reported by The Nasdaq National Market on the Record Date.
            As of the Record Date,  the Company had  4,168,203  shares of Common
Stock  outstanding  and was  obligated  to  issue  2,084,071  shares  (excluding
fractional shares) pursuant to the Stock Split. In addition,  as a result of the
antidilution  provisions  contained in the Company's  1993  Non-Qualified  Stock
Option Plan, 1993 Stock Plan for Outside  Directors,  Restricted  Stock Plan and
options granted to Joseph F. Hickey,  Jr., a director,  the Company is obligated
to issue an additional  [_______] shares of Common Stock when options which were
previously  granted or  options  which are to be  granted  under the plans,  are
exercised.
            Shares of the Company's  Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise
of certain stock options have been registered under (i) a Registration Statement
on Form  S-8/S-3  (Registration  No.  33-8994)  filed  with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission on March 3, 1995, (ii) a Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to a
Registration Statement on Form S-8/S-3 (Registration No. 33-8994) filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission on April 10, 1998 and (iii) a  Registration
Statement on Form S-8/S-3 (Registration No. 333-49877) filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on April 10, 1998  (collectively,  the  "Registration
Statements") . The Registration Statements are amended as a result of the filing
of this Current Report to include  approximately [_____] additional shares which
are issuable under such options as a consequence of the Stock Split.

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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.

                             JACO ELECTRONICS, INC.

Date: November 9, 2000             By:
                                        /s/ Jeffrey D. Gash
                                          Jeffrey D. Gash,
                                          Vice President, Finance

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