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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-170840
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180518
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000924168
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640]
		IRS NUMBER:				943021850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36583
		FILM NUMBER:		18852831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		32000 AURORA ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			SOLON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44139
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4407151300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		32000 AURORA ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			SOLON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44139

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIBERSTARS INC /CA/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940527
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May&nbsp;18, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ENERGY FOCUS, INC. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Solon,&nbsp;Ohio</B></P></TD>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth
company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;18, 2018, Energy Focus, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed Jerry Turin as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective May&nbsp;29, 2018.
Mr.&nbsp;Turin will replace Michael H. Port, who has been serving as the Company&#146;s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since March 2017 and will leave the Company to pursue other opportunities in August 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Turin is an experienced Chief Financial Officer with more than 20 years of strategic leadership in corporate finance, business strategy, turnarounds,
mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor relations within public and privately-held companies. He brings to Energy Focus deep technology, operational and financial experience in semiconductors, optical components and LED solutions.
Mr.&nbsp;Turin, age 55, served as Chief Financial Officer of Intematix Inc., a venture-owned supplier of phosphors and lighting solutions for the LED market from October 2014 to March 2017. Prior to that, Mr.&nbsp;Turin served as the Chief Financial
Officer of Oclaro Inc., a publicly traded supplier of optical solutions for network equipment customers, from August 2008 to November 2013. Mr.&nbsp;Turin was Oclaro Inc.&#146;s Corporate Controller from July 2005 to July 2008, and also Vice
President of Finance from April 2008 to July 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr.&nbsp;Turin was Director of Finance at Silicon Spice and Corporate Controller at Cirrus Logic. Mr.&nbsp;Turin received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of
Alberta and began his career with 11 years at Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche, progressing through multiple levels to Senior Manager. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Turin will
receive an initial base salary of $300,000 and is eligible for a performance-based bonus of 50% of base salary at target level, of which a minimum $75,000 is guaranteed for 2018 if he remains employed through the payment date with respect to the
Company&#146;s 2018 fiscal year bonus plan. In connection with his appointment, he also will be granted Restricted Stock Units (&#147;RSUs&#148;) and Stock Options that vest over three years and have a total grant date value of approximately
$225,000, of which $112,500 will be in the form of RSUs (with the number of units calculated using the 30-day average closing price of the Company&#146;s stock for the period ending on the last trading day prior to the grant date) and the number of
Stock Option will be equal to 1.5 times the number of RSUs. Mr.&nbsp;Turin will also participate in the Company&#146;s Change in Control Plan (the &#147;CIC Plan&#148;), which provides for a severance payment to Mr.&nbsp;Turin upon a qualifying
termination occurring within 24 months after a Change in Control (as defined in the CIC Plan and related Participation Agreement) equal to one times his base salary and annual target bonus, a pro-rated portion of any current year bonus, twelve
months of continued benefits and full vesting of all outstanding equity awards provided that he remains in compliance with confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation and other covenants. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Port has entered into a Separation and Release Agreement with the Company providing the continued payment of Mr.&nbsp;Port&#146;s salary at the rate
in effect as of May&nbsp;22, 2018 and continued benefits for a period of ten months following his separation date, and twelve months of accelerated vesting of unvested Stock Options and RSUs, as well as additional vesting of a portion of his 2018
RSU grant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the press release relating to these announcements is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </P>
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caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: May&nbsp;22, 2018 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>ENERGY FOCUS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;/s/ Theodore L. Tewksbury, III</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PRESS RELEASE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Energy Focus Appoints
Jerry Turin as New Chief Financial Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SOLON, Ohio, May&nbsp;22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#151; Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFOI), a leader in LED
lighting technologies, today announced that Jerry Turin will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary on May&nbsp;29, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Turin is an experienced Chief Financial Officer with more than 20 years of strategic leadership in corporate finance, business development,
turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor relations within public and privately-held companies. Most recently, Mr.&nbsp;Turin served as Chief Financial Officer of Intematix, a venture-owned supplier of phosphors and
lighting solutions for the LED market. He helped lead the company&#146;s turnaround through operational streamlining, manufacturing consolidation, gross margin expansion and an acquisition, culminating in its successful sale to a China-backed LED
joint venture in 2017. Prior to that, Mr.&nbsp;Turin was the Chief Financial Officer of Oclaro, a publicly traded supplier of optical solutions for network equipment customers, from 2008 to 2013. In this role, he raised over $500 million in
financing from equity, debt, divestitures and other transactions to fund revenue growth from $250 million to $600 million through a sector roll up of public and private optical companies. Before that, Mr.&nbsp;Turin served as Oclaro&#146;s Vice
President of Finance and was Corporate Controller from 2005 to 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr.&nbsp;Turin was Director of Finance at Silicon Spice and Corporate Controller at Cirrus Logic. Mr.&nbsp;Turin received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from
the University of Alberta and began his career with 11 years at Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche, where he was promoted through multiple levels to Senior Manager. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are very fortunate to have a seasoned and strategic CFO of Jerry&#146;s caliber on the Energy Focus team to help us scale the company to the next
level. His deep technology, operational and financial experience in semiconductors, optical components and LED solutions will bring a valuable perspective to our strategic initiatives.&#148; said Dr.&nbsp;Ted Tewksbury, the Company&#146;s Chairman,
CEO and President. &#147;Jerry joins us at an ideal time as we transition from the first phase of our turnaround, which was focused on reducing costs, recruiting a nationwide sales force and building the new product engine to the second phase,
focused on revenue growth and scale. Jerry has proven himself to be a visionary leader in formulating and implementing transformational business and financial transactions.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;I&#146;m delighted to be joining the talented team at Energy Focus at this exciting time,&#148; said Mr.&nbsp;Turin. &#147;I look forward to building on
the significant progress that has already been made and using my extensive financial, business development, investor relations and transactional experience to help scale the company and unlock shareholder value.&#148; </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Turin replaces Michael H. Port, who has been serving as the Company&#146;s Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary since March 2017. Mr.&nbsp;Port joined the Company as Corporate Controller in July 2015 and served three months as interim CFO before stepping into the CFO role. He will be leaving the company after the second quarter reporting to pursue
new opportunities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;On behalf of the Energy Focus Board of Directors, I&#146;d like to thank Michael for his dedication to the Company and his
contributions to the first phase of our turnaround&#148;, said Dr.&nbsp;Tewksbury. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Energy Focus, Inc.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Energy Focus is a technology innovation leader in energy-efficient LED lighting solutions. As the creator of the first UL-verified flicker-free LED tubes on
the U.S. market, Energy Focus products provide dramatic energy, maintenance and cost savings while providing superior aesthetics, safety, health and sustainability benefits over conventional lighting. Our customers include U.S. and foreign navies,
U.S. federal, state and local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, as well as Fortune 500 companies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Energy Focus is headquartered in
Solon, Ohio. To learn more about Energy Focus, please call 1-800-327-7877 or visit <U>www.energyfocus.com</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contact: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Energy Focus, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Theodore L. Tewksbury III </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ir@energyfocus.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">440-715-1300 </P>
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