UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): ~~November~~March 2624, ~~2025~~2026

ENERGY FOCUS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36583

94-3021850

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


32000 Aurora Road Suite B	Solon,	OH	44139
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(440) 715-1300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	EFOI	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 12.0102. Results ~~Entry~~of ~~into~~Operations aand ~~Material~~Financial ~~Definitive Agreement~~Condition.

On ~~November~~March 2624, ~~2025~~2026, Energy Focus, Inc. ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”) entered into~~ a ~~securities~~press ~~purchase~~release ~~agreement~~announcing ~~(the “Purchase Agreement”) with each of~~ its ~~Chief~~financial ~~Executive~~results ~~Officer~~for ~~and~~the ~~Chief~~three ~~Financial Officer, Mr. Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang~~ and ~~MAN-BO~~twelve ~~HOTEL~~months ~~CO.~~ended ~~LTD~~December 31, ~~an affiliate entity~~2025, ~~(each,~~ a ~~“Purchasers”,~~copy ~~collectively,~~of ~~the “Purchasers”), respectively, pursuant to~~ which ~~the~~is ~~Company~~attached ~~agreed~~hereto toas ~~issue~~Exhibit ~~and sell in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) 262,009 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0~~99.~~0001~~1 ~~per share (the “Common Stock”) to each,~~ and inis ~~aggregate,~~incorporated ~~524,018~~herein ~~shares~~by ~~of Common Stock (the “Shares”) for a purchase price per share of $2~~reference.~~29,~~ ~~the closing price of the Common Stock on the day immediately preceding the date of the Purchase Agreement, totaling $1,200,000.~~

~~The~~This ~~foregoing~~information, ~~description~~including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Purchase~~Securities ~~Agreement~~Exchange isAct ~~qualified~~of in1934, ~~its~~as ~~entirety~~amended by(the ~~reference~~“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to ~~such~~the ~~Purchase~~liabilities ~~Agreements~~of that section, aand ~~form~~will ~~copy~~not ofbe ~~which~~incorporated isby ~~filed~~reference ~~with~~into ~~this~~any ~~Current~~registration ~~Report~~statement onor ~~Form~~other ~~8-K~~document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as ~~Exhibit~~amended, ~~10.1~~or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and isregardless ~~incorporated~~of ~~herein~~any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 39.~~02.~~01 Financial ~~Unregistered~~Statements ~~Sales~~and ~~of Equity Securities~~Exhibits.

The disclosures in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

The issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and was made pursuant to certain exemptions from registration, including Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, in reliance on the representations and covenants of the Purchasers under the Purchase Agreements.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number			Description
10.1			Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2025, between the Company and the Purchasers
99.1			Press Release Dated March 24, 2026
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Dated: December 2, 2025
	ENERGY FOCUS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang
	Name:	Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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.


Dated: March 24, 2026


	ENERGY FOCUS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang
	Name:	Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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