Material Event (Form 8-K)

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 11, 2025, Forward Industries, Inc. (the "Company") closed the sale of 263,243 shares of its common stock to six investors in a previously announced registered direct offering (the "Offering").

The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to file as an exhibit the legal opinion of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A. relating to the validity of the shares of the common stock issued in the Offering under the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-287907), the related prospectus dated June 20, 2025 and prospectus supplement dated August 11, 2025. Subsequent to the closing of the Offering, the Company had 1,664,949 shares of common stock outstanding.

The legal opinion is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.