UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

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~~the ~~(Date~~Securities ofExchange ~~earliest~~Act ~~event~~of ~~reported): September 14, 2025~~1934

~~Crown~~Date ~~Electrokinetics~~of ~~Corp.~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2025

CROWN ELECTROKINETICS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-39924		47-5423944
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(~~IRS~~I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1110 NE Circle Blvd.

Corvallis, Oregon 97330

(Address of principal executive offices, ~~and zip~~including ~~code~~Zip Code)

(213) 660-4250

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

~~N/A~~Not applicable

(Former ~~name~~Name or ~~former~~Former ~~address~~Address, if ~~changed~~Changed ~~since~~Since ~~last~~Last ~~report~~Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K ~~filing~~ filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):

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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, $0.0001 par value		CRKN		OTC Markets

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

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

Item 45.0102 ~~Changes~~Departure inof ~~Registrant’s~~Directors ~~Certifying~~or ~~Accountant~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~September~~October 1416, 2025, ~~following~~Joel aKrutz ~~competitive review~~provided ~~process conducted by~~ the ~~Audit~~Board of ~~Committee~~Directors (the “~~Audit Committee~~Board”) of ~~the board of directors of~~ Crown Electrokinetics Corp., a Delaware ~~Corporation~~corporation (the “Company”), ~~the~~with ~~Audit~~his ~~Committee approved the engagement of Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP (“Frank~~formal ~~Rimerman”)~~resignation asfrom the ~~Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31~~Board, ~~2025,~~effective ~~and~~October ~~for the review of the interim financial information for the quarters ending June 30~~16, ~~2025~~ ~~and September 30,~~ 2025.

~~During~~On ~~the~~October ~~fiscal years ended December 31~~17, ~~2023 and 2024~~2025, ~~and~~ the ~~subsequent interim period through the date of Frank Rimerman’s appointment, neither the~~ Company ~~nor~~terminated ~~anyone~~Mr. onKrutz its behalf has consulted with Frank Rimerman regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided that Frank Rimerman concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as toChief ~~the~~Operating ~~accounting,~~Officer ~~auditing or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of disagreement (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K~~ and ~~related~~Chief ~~instructions)~~Financial orOfficer ~~a reportable event (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v)~~ of ~~Regulation S-K and~~ the ~~related~~Company ~~instructions)~~effective immediately.

1SIGNATURES

~~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.

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.

	CROWN ELECTROKINETICS CORP.

	By:	/s/ Doug Croxall
	Name:	Doug Croxall
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Dated: October 22, 2025

Date: September 17, 2025

CROWN ELECTROKINETICS CORP. By: /s/ Doug Croxall Name: Doug Croxall Title: Chief Executive Officer

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