UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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~~June 169, 2026

Forward Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	001-34780	13-1950672
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

111 Congress Avenue, Suite 500

Austin, Texas 78701

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(~~512~~631) ~~256~~547-~~9040~~3055

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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, par value $0.01 per share	FWDI	The NASDAQ Capital Market

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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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 38.~~02.~~01 ~~Unregistered~~Other ~~Sales of Equity Securities~~Events.

~~The~~On ~~information~~June ~~set~~9, ~~forth~~2026, ~~under~~Forward Industries, ~~Item 5~~Inc.02 of(“Forward ~~this~~Industries”) issued a press release confirming that it made an indicative, non-binding proposal ~~Current~~to ~~Report~~Brera Holdings PLC (the “Company”) on ~~Form~~June 81, 2026 to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company in an all-Kstock istransaction. ~~incorporated~~There bycan ~~reference~~be ~~into~~no ~~this~~certainty ~~Item~~that 3any offer will be made for the Company and Forward Industries will not comment on the terms of a potential transaction outside of any subsequent public announcement.02 A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

~~Item~~Forward-Looking ~~5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Statements

OnCertain ~~April~~statements ~~16,~~in ~~2026,~~this communication constitute forward-looking statements within the ~~Compensation~~meaning ~~Committee~~ of the ~~Board~~Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of ~~Directors~~1995, Section 27A of ~~Forward~~the ~~Industries~~Securities Act of 1933, ~~Inc~~as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as “~~Company~~anticipate,”) ~~approved~~“expect,” ~~grants~~“intend,” “plan,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “believe,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “goal,” “project,” and other words of ~~equity~~similar meaning. These forward-looking statements address various matters including statements relating to ~~Mark~~Forward Industries’ ~~Brazier~~indicative, ~~the~~non-binding ~~Company’s recently~~proposal ~~appointed~~to ~~Chief~~Brera ~~Financial~~Holdings ~~Officer~~PLC and any potential transaction therefrom. Each ~~award~~forward-looking statement contained in this communication is subject to Mrrisks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statement. ~~Brazier~~Applicable risks and uncertainties include, among others, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed digital asset treasury strategy; changes in business, market, financial, political and regulatory conditions; risks relating to Forward Industries’s ~~continued~~operations ~~service~~and ~~with~~business, including the ~~Company~~highly ~~through~~volatile nature of the price of Solana and other ~~applicable~~cryptocurrencies; ~~vesting~~the ~~date~~risk that the price of Forward Industries’ common stock may be highly correlated to the price of the digital assets that it holds; risks related to increased competition in the industries and markets in which Forward Industries does and will operate (including the ~~“Continued~~applicable ~~Service~~digital ~~Condition”~~assets market); risks relating to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty regarding digital assets generally; risks relating to the treatment of crypto assets for U.S. and foreign tax purposes, as well as those risks and uncertainties identified in Forward Industries’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The ~~grants~~forward-looking statements ~~are~~in ~~described~~this ~~below:~~communication speak only as of the date of this document, and Forward Industries undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of these statements.

•Item ~~Non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 275,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, comprised of (i) 137,500 options with an exercise price of $~~9.1801. ~~per~~Financial ~~share~~Statements and ~~(ii) 137,500 options with an exercise price of $13~~Exhibits.77 per share, each with a term of 10 years from the date of grant. The stock options vest as follows: 25% on April 13, 2027, with the remaining 75% vesting in 12 equal quarterly installments thereafter, subject to the Continued Service Condition.

• 275,000 restricted stock units with the same vesting schedule as his options.

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release issued on June 9, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

~~• 275,000 performance stock units that vest upon the Company achieving certain SOL per Share outstanding thresholds, subject to the Continued Service Condition.~~1

2SIGNATURES

~~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.

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.

	FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date: June 9, 2026	By:	/s/ Mike Pruitt
		Name: Mike Pruitt
		Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

	FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: April 17, 2026	By:	/s/ Georgia Quinn
		Name: Georgia Quinn
		Title: General Counsel

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