Company: FWDI
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001683168-25-005516
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Company: Forward Industries, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: DEFA14A
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)</div>

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<div align='center'>FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

<div align='center'>FORWARD Shareholders Urged to Vote AHEAD OF AUGUST 8th Annual

Shareholders Meeting</div>

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
– Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORD) (“Forward,” the “Company,” “we”
or “us”), a global design company serving top tier medical and technology companies, today reminds its shareholders
that the deadline is approaching to cast your vote for the upcoming Annual Shareholders Meeting on August 8, 2025 (the “Meeting”).
All votes must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, August 7, 2025.

There are a number of important proposals submitted
for a vote of shareholders, including the change in our state of incorporation from New York to Nevada.

The Board of Directors recommends that shareholders
vote all of these proposals as the Board has determined they are in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.
Please remember that