ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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April 28, 2025

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to this year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 12, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting can be accessed by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/EFOI2025, where you will be able to listen to and participate during the live meeting, submit questions, and vote online.

We believe that a virtual stockholder meeting will provide greater access to those who may want to attend, and therefore have chosen to conduct a virtual meeting rather than an in-person meeting. Because the Annual Meeting is virtual and being conducted electronically, stockholders cannot attend the Annual Meeting in person.

We are providing our proxy materials to our stockholders over the Internet. This reduces our environmental impact and our costs while ensuring our stockholders have timely access to this important information. Accordingly, stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2025, will receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials with details on accessing these materials. Beneficial owners of our common stock at the close of business on April 15, 2025 will receive separate notices on behalf of their brokers, banks or other intermediaries through which they hold shares.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the Annual Meeting, I hope that you will vote as soon as possible. Please review the instructions to each of your voting options described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

Please also note that if you hold your shares in “street name” through a bank or broker, that custodian cannot vote your shares on any non-routine matters without your specific instructions.

Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in, Energy Focus, Inc.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Chiao Chieh Jay Huang

Chiao Chieh Jay Huang

Chief Executive Officer