tgen-20250501

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): May 1, 2025

TECOGEN INC. (OTCQX: TGEN)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-36103						04-3536131
(Commission File Number)						(IRS Employer Identification No.)


76 Treble Cove Road
North Billerica, Massachusetts 01862
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(781) 466-6400

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.


Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 1, 2025, Mr. Earl R. Lewis, III, a director of Tecogen Inc. (the “Company”), converted to common stock of the Company the balance due under the promissory note dated September 18, 2024 by the Company in favor of Mr. Lewis in the original principal amount of $500,000 (the “Note”).

The balance due under the Note, including accrued interest, as of May 1, 2025 was $514,148.22. The price per share used to determine the number of shares to be issued to Mr. Lewis upon conversion of the Note to shares of Company common stock was $2.14 per share, the average closing price per share during the preceding thirty trading days. The Company issued 240,256 shares of Company common stock to Mr. Lewis as payment in full of the balance due under the Note.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.



	TECOGEN INC.

		By: /s/ Abinand Rangesh
May 2, 2025		Abinand Rangesh, Chief Executive Officer