# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000038264
**File Stem:** 0001683168-25-008454
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 9428
**Document Hash:** 4332a069097b8f3ae7b75a71ea36db0b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001683168-25-008454.hdr.sgml**: 20251114

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001683168-25-008454

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251114

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251114

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251114

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Forward Industries, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000038264
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 131950672
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34780
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251486669

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY, SUITE 100
- **CITY:** HAUPPAUGE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11788
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 631-547-3055

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY, SUITE 100
- **CITY:** HAUPPAUGE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11788

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FORWARD INDUSTRIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19950105

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PROGRESS HEAT SEALING CO INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19721111

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? Forward Industries, Inc. Form 8-K

**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 14, 2025**

**Forward Industries, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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**700 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Suite 100**

**Hauppauge, New York 11788**

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

**<u>(631) 547-3055</u>**

(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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) 

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | FORD | The NASDAQ Capital Market |

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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).

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 8.01 Other Events.**

On November 14, 2025, Forward Industries, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a resale prospectus supplement (the "Resale Prospectus Supplement") pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Company's effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-290312). The Resale Prospectus Supplement registers for resale certain shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, previously issued in the Company's September 2025 private placement.

The legal opinion of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A. relating to the legality of the shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Exhibit Description** |
| 5.1 | [Opinion of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A., dated November 14, 2025.](forward_ex0501.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**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.

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|  | **FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.** | **FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.** |
| Date: November 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kathleen Weisberg |
|  |  | Name: Kathleen Weisberg |
|  |  | Title: Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

**Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A.**

**3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305**

**Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410**

<br> November 14, 2025

Forward Industries, Inc.

700 Veterans Memorial Highway

Suite 100

Hauppauge, NY 11788

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have advised us that Forward Industries, Inc., a New York corporation (the "<u>Company</u>") is filing a prospectus supplement (the "<u>Prospectus Supplement</u>"), dated November 14, 2025, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") relating to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-290312) (the "<u>Registration Statement</u>") which was filed with the Commission under the Act and declared effective on September 17, 2025. You have requested that we furnish you with this opinion letter which is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

The Prospectus Supplement relates to the registration of the potential offer and resale by certain selling shareholders as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement of 54,055 shares of the Company's common stock par value $0.01 per share (the "<u>Securities Purchase Agreement Shares</u>") of the Company issued to certain accredited investors pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 6, 2025 by and among the Company and each purchaser party thereto (the "<u>Securities Purchase Agreement</u>") in a private placement offering that closed in September 2025.

We have examined such documents and considered such legal matters as we have deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for the opinion set forth below including, without limitation: (i) the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, both as amended and as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) the Prospectus Supplement and the Registration Statement, (iii) records of the Company's transfer agent, (iv) the Securities Purchase Agreement and related Registration Rights Agreement, (v) records of meetings and consents of the Board of Directors of the Company provided to us by the Company and (vi) such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have also assumed that all parties to such documents had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and that all such documents have been duly authorized by all requisite action, corporate or other, and duly executed and delivered by all parties thereto. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral and written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the assumptions, qualifications, exceptions, and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities Purchase Agreement Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus Supplement and the base prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Act. We assume no obligation to update or supplement any of the opinions set forth herein to reflect any changes of law or fact that may occur following the date hereof.

Very truly yours,

<u>/s/ Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A.</u> 

Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A.