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 7, 2018

WORKHORSE GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

100 Commerce Drive, Loveland, Ohio 45140

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

513-297-3640

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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On June 7, 2018, Workhorse Group Inc. (the “Company”) received a short term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $550,000 from Stephen S. Burns, H. Benjamin Samuels, Gerald Budde and Ray Chess, each an executive officer and/or director of the Company (collectively, the “Related Parties”). To evidence the loans, the Company issued the Related Parties promissory notes (the “Related Parties Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $550,000. The Related Parties Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and are not convertible into equity securities of the Company. Principal and interest under the Related Parties Notes are due and payable December 6, 2018, however, in the event that the Company raises in excess of $10,000,000 in equity financing, then the Company will use part of its proceeds to pay off the Related Parties Notes. Under no circumstance may the Related Parties Notes be paid off on or prior to the 91^st day following the maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes issued by the Company on December 27, 2017 in the principal aggregate amount of $5,750,000. Interest accrues on the Related Parties Notes at the rate of 12.0% per annum. The Related Parties Notes contain terms and events of default customary for similar transactions. The Company is using the net proceeds from the transaction for general business and working capital purposes.

The description of the terms and conditions of the Related Parties Notes do not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of the Related Parties Notes, which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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