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~~February 1710, ~~2025~~2026, (~~November~~February 1710, ~~2025~~2026)

SCI ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number: 0-31641


Ohio	31-1210318
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


2839 Charter Street, Columbus, Ohio	43228
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(614) 486-0261

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, without par value	SCIA	OTCQB

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b2).

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ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On ~~November~~February 1710, ~~2025~~2026, SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (“SCI” the “Company”) ~~announced~~reported ~~its~~it ~~Board~~was subjected to an imposter scam of ~~Directors~~$898,325 ~~has~~executed ~~authorized~~in ~~the~~conjunction ~~repurchase~~with ofbank upfraud. toImmediately $1upon ~~million~~recognition of this event management contacted the Company’s ~~common~~financial ~~stock.~~institution, ~~The~~filed ~~share~~an ~~repurchase~~IC3 ~~program~~report (with the ~~“program”)~~U.S. isFederal ~~authorized~~Bureau ~~for~~of upInvestigation, toand ~~one~~is ~~year~~working ~~beginning~~with ~~December~~its 1,Insurance ~~2025~~carrier. ~~Purchases~~Comprehensive ~~will~~efforts beare ~~made~~being ~~consistent~~actively ~~with~~pursued to recover the Ufunds involved.S. ~~Securities~~To date, the Company has not found any evidence of additional fraudulent activity and ~~Exchange~~currently ~~Commission~~does not believe the incident resulted in any unauthorized access to data or systems maintained by the Company. However, the Company’s ~~Rule~~investigation ~~10b-18~~into ofthe incident and its impacts on the ~~Securities~~Company, ~~Exchange~~including ~~Act~~its ofinternal ~~1934~~controls, ~~which~~remains ~~may~~ongoing. ~~also~~The ~~include~~business ~~block~~and ~~trades~~operations were not affected.

The program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time without prior notice.

In connection with this program, the Company will be utilizing Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. to act as an agent on behalf of the Company to repurchase shares of Common Stock.

ITEM 9.01 Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 – Press release, dated ~~November~~February 1710, ~~2025~~2026, issued by SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.

Exhibit 104 – Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

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.

SCI ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.


November 17, 2025	By:	/s/ Jeremiah R. Young
February 10, 2026	By:	/s/ Jeremiah R. Young
	Jeremiah R. Young
	President and Chief Executive Officer

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