UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): ~~April~~September 73, 2025

ORIGINCLEAR, INC.

(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	333-147980	26-0287664
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

13575 58th Street North, Suite 200

Clearwater, FL

33760

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (727) 440-4603

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b2 of this chapter).

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Item 35.02 ~~Unregistered~~Departure ~~Sales~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of ~~Equity~~Directors; ~~Securities~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Issuance~~On ofAugust ~~Common~~27, 2025, Stephen ~~Stock~~Hall ofresigned ~~Water~~as ona ~~Demand~~Director of OriginClear, Inc. and as Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

OnEffective ~~April~~as 1,of ~~2025,~~the ~~Water on~~same ~~Demand~~date, ~~Inc.,~~the anBoard ~~indirect~~of ~~subsidiary~~Directors appointed ofCory ~~the~~Mertes ~~Company~~to ~~(“WODI”)~~serve ~~issued~~as ana ~~aggregate~~Director ofand ~~8,511,343~~as ~~shares~~Chairman of ~~common stock~~both ofthe ~~WODI~~Audit toCommittee ~~investors~~and ~~pursuant~~the toCompensation ~~Convertible~~Committee ~~Promissory~~of ~~Note~~the ~~Conversion~~Board ~~Agreements~~of Directors.

~~In connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.~~1

~~Issuance of Common Stock of the Company~~SIGNATURES

OnPursuant ~~April~~to 1,the ~~2025,~~requirements of the ~~Company~~ ~~issued~~Securities anExchange ~~aggregate~~Act of 141934,~~130,851,121~~ ~~shares~~the ofregistrant ~~common~~has ~~stock~~duly ofcaused ~~the~~this ~~Company~~report to ~~investors~~be ~~pursuant~~signed toon ~~Convertible~~its ~~Promissory~~behalf ~~Note~~by the undersigned hereunto ~~Conversion~~duly ~~Agreements~~authorized.

In connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.

	ORIGINCLEAR, INC.

September 3, 2025	By:	/s/ T. Riggs Eckelberry
		Name:	T. Riggs Eckelberry
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

~~Issuance of Common Stock~~2

On March 31, 2025, the Company issued 17,291,904 shares of the Company’s common stock to a former executive as a management buy-out payment and another 1,714,286 shares of common stock to another individual as compensation for services.

In connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.

Dividends in Shares of Common Stock

On March 31, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 840,912 shares of the Company’s common stock as dividends to certain holders of Series O preferred stock.

In connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.

SIGNATURES

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.

	ORIGINCLEAR, INC.
April 7, 2025	By:	/s/ T. Riggs Eckelberry
		Name:	T. Riggs Eckelberry
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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