IT Tech Packaging, Inc.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On May 13, 2025, IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor named on the signature page thereto (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the Purchaser, in a public offering that included certain additional other purchasers, an aggregate of 6,899,500 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $0.20 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.4 million, before deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company (the “Offering”). The Shares were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268944), which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 14, 2023, and a related prospectus supplement, dated May 13, 2025, related to the Offering. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements of the Company and the Purchaser and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed for a period of ninety (90) days following the closing of the Offering not to issue, enter into an agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. The Company has also agreed for a period of ninety (90) days following the date of the Purchase Agreement not to enter into any Variable Rate Transactions (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement the Company's directors and officers agreed to be subject to a lock-up period of ninety (90) days following the closing of the Offering. Pursuant to a placement agency agreement dated as of May 13, 2025 (the “Placement Agency Agreement”), the Company engaged Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”) to act as the lead placement agent in connection with the Offering. The Company agreed to pay Maxim a cash fee equal to (i) 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares and (ii) reimburse Maxim for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, and disbursements of its legal counsel of $50,000. The Offering closed on May 14, 2025. The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Placement Agency Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the forms thereof, which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively hereto and incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the opinion of Fennemore Craig, P.C., relating to the validity of the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 8.01 Other Events. On May 13, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.