Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement On July 14, 2026, Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (the “ Company”) purchased a building and related land (collectively, the “ Property”) in Columbus, Georgia for use as a data center. The purchase price of the Property was $15 million in cash and the issuance of a Seller Contingent Earnout Note (the “ Note”). The Note has a three-year term and provides that the Company will make payments to the seller solely upon the achievement of certain specified milestones. For each additional 5 MW of power delivered by or on behalf of the seller above the amount available to the Property at closing, the Company will pay the seller $5 million. There are three milestones in the Note, so that it allows for a maximum payout of $15 million. If any milestone is not achieved by the end of the three-year term, no payment will be made with regard to that milestone. At the seller’s option, at any time on or after December 14, 2026, a milestone payment may be made in restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a fixed price through the term of $10.50 per share. The foregoing description of the Note is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the Note, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10.1 Form of Seller Contingent Earnout Note 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File 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. DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. Dated: July 20, 2026 By: /s/ Adrian G. Goldfarb Adrian G. Goldfarb