Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On December 21, 2021, Energy Focus, Inc. (the "Company") received a letter from the Listing Qualifications staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that, as a result of the resignation of a director, as previously disclosed, from the Company's Board of Directors and its Audit and Finance Committee, the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605, which requires that the Company's Audit and Finance Committee be comprised of at least three directors, all of whom are independent pursuant to the rules of Nasdaq and applicable law. The notification letter has no immediate effect on the Company's listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq letter further provided that, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(4), the Company is entitled to a cure period to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605, which cure period will expire on the earlier of the date of the Company's next annual shareholders' meeting or November 11, 2022, or, if the next annual shareholders' meeting is held before May 10, 2022, then the cure period will expire on May 10, 2022. The Company has commenced a search for a new independent director, who would be expected to serve on the Company's Audit and Finance Committee, or the Company will otherwise appoint a current independent director to fill the vacancy on the committee.

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