UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

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 18, 2020 (May 14, 2020)

SUMMIT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(408) 627-4716

(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):

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

Emerging growth company     x

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. ¨

Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 18, 2020 by Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) regarding the Company’s Settlement Agreement and Release with Alexander Capital, L.P. (“Alexander”) in order to include, as an exhibit, the legal opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP as to the legality of the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), being registered pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement also filed with the SEC on May 18, 2020. Other than the addition of the 9.01 exhibit, there is no other change to the body of the original filing.

(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.