ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE

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

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 26, 2025, Energy Focus, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with each of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO. LTD, an affiliate entity, (each, a “Purchasers”, collectively, the “Purchasers”), respectively, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) 262,009 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) to each, and in aggregate, 524,018 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) for a purchase price per share of $2.29, the closing price of the Common Stock on the day immediately preceding the date of the Purchase Agreement, totaling $1,200,000.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Purchase Agreements, a form copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

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.