---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-054586"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFOI"
cik: "0000924168"
company_name: "ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE"
filed_at: "2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T15:49:34.603234+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Focus raises $1.2M via private placement with CEO and affiliate entity

## Summary
- Issued 524,018 shares at $2.29/share to CEO Chiao Chieh Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO., LTD.
- Total proceeds of $1,200,000; shares sold in unregistered transaction under Section 4(a)(2).
- Closing expected within five trading days of November 26, 2025.
- Purchasers are accredited investors; securities are restricted and subject to holding period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-054586
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFOI
- cik: 0000924168
- company_name: ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE
- filed_at: 2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025054586/0001628280-25-054586-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025054586/efoi-20251126.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE issued 524,018 shares of Common Stock of common stock to Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO. LTD for $2.29 per share, totaling $1,200,000.
  - Security: common stock
  - Shares: 524,018 shares of Common Stock
  - Purchaser: Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO. LTD
  - Consideration: $2.29 per share, totaling $1,200,000
  source text: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025054586/0001628280-25-054586-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE entered into Purchase Agreement with Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO. LTD valued at $1,200,000 (effective 2025-11-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: Chiao Chieh (Jay) Huang and MAN-BO HOTEL CO. LTD
  - Value: $1,200,000
  - Effective: 2025-11-26
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025054586/0001628280-25-054586-index.htm

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