SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

** **☒ **** ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

**☐ **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period

SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant in Its Charter)

(631)567-4700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

Title of Class** **

Common stock, $.05 par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ☐ Yes ☒No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 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 filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). ☒Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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. ☐ Yes ☒ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐ Yes ☒ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).☐ Yes ☒ No

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the average bid and asked prices of such stock, as of June 30, 2023 is $17,402,152.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $.05 per share (“Common Stock”) as of March 29, 2024 is 10,503,599 shares.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements with respect to the Company’s annual or long-term goals, including statements contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its reports to stockholders.

The words or phrases “will likely result”, “will be”, “will”, “are expected to”, “will continue to”, “is anticipated”, “estimate”, “project” or similar expressions identify “forward- looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.

Transition Period

On November 4, 2022, the Board of Directors approved the change of the Company’s fiscal year end from June 30 to December 31 of each year. In connection with this change, the Company previously filed a Transition Report on Form 10-K to report the results of the six-month transition period from July, 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. In this Annual Report, the periods presented are the year ended December 31, 2023, the six-month transition period from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 (which the Company sometimes refers to as the "six month period ended December 31, 2022") and the year ended June 30, 2022 (which the Company sometimes refers to as "fiscal 2022"). For comparison purposes, the Company also included unaudited data for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the six months ended December 31, 2021.