AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co

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 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): June 2, 2026

  

 AMERICAN
 BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

 (Exact
 name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

 Nevada

  
 001-41811

  
 33-1227980

 (State
 or other jurisdiction of
  
 (Commission
  
 (IRS
 Employer

 incorporation
 or organization)
  
 File
 No.)
  
 Identification
 Number)

  

 100
 Washington Street , Suite 100

 Reno ,
 NV

  
 89503

 (Address
 of principal executive offices)
  
 (Zip
 Code)

  

 (775)
 473-4744

 (Registrant’s
telephone number including area code)

  

 N/A

 (Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)

  

 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

  

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 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:

  

 Title
 of Each Class
  
 Trading
 Symbol(s)
  
 Name
 of Each Exchange on Which Registered

 Common
 Stock, $0.001 par value
  
 ABAT
  
 The
 Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

  

 Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

  

 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
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

  

 On
June 2, 2026, American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) and the United States Department of Energy (the “DOE”),
through its Manufacturing Energy Supply Chain (“MESC”) office, entered into a new agreement to modify (the “Modification
Agreement”) the previous Assistance Agreement award number DE-MS0000010 (the “Grant”), for a $115,489,662 project for
the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of a commercial scale facility for the manufacturing of battery cathode grade
lithium hydroxide. Under the Grant, the DOE’s share is $57,744,831 and the Company’s cost share is $57,744,831.

  

 The
Grant was initially effective as of September 1, 2023, but, as previously announced, on October 9, 2025, the DOE notified the Company
that the Grant was terminated, effective as of the end of the budget period ending August 31, 2025. On October 10, 2025, the Company
submitted an appeal of the termination. After engaging in months of dispute resolution efforts, the DOE has completed its review of the
technical and commercial merits of this project and has decided to rescind the termination of the award and reinstate the Grant, through
the Modification Agreement that was issued on June 2, 2026 retroactively effective to September 1, 2025.

  

 In
order to realign the project and Grant timelines, the Modification Agreement modified the project and budget periods as follows: Project
Period: modified to be 09/01/2023 to 12/31/2029; Budget Period 1: remained the same as 09/01/2023 to 08/31/2024; Budget Period 2: modified
to 09/01/2024 to 12/31/2026; Budget Period 3: modified to 01/01/2027 to 12/31/2027; Budget Period 4: modified to 01/01/2028 to 12/31/2028;
and Budget Period 5: modified to 01/01/2029 to 12/31/2029. The Modification Agreement also amended the Grant to, among other things,
apply new standard and special terms and conditions, in conformity with 2 CFR §200.211(c) and 2 CFR §200.211(d).

  

 The
foregoing description of the Modification Agreement to the Grant is qualified in its entirety by such agreement, a copy of which will
be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

  

 Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.

  

 On
June 8, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing that the DOE reinstated the Grant and extended the project and budget periods,
which press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in this Item 7.01 (including
Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference in such a filing.

  

 Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

 (d)
Exhibits

  

 Exhibit
 No.
  
 Description

  
  
  

 99.1
  
 Press
 Release, dated June 8, 2026.

 104
  
 Cover
 Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

  

  

  

  

 SIGNATURES

  

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

  

  
 AMERICAN
 BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

  
  
  

 Date:
 June 8, 2026
 By:
 /s/
 Ryan Melsert

  
  
 Ryan
 Melsert

  
  
 Chief
 Executive Officer