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): July 10, 2012 (July 9, 2012)

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

2839 Charter Street

Columbus, Ohio 43228

(614) 486-0261

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number

including area code of Registrant's

principal executive offices)

Not Applicable

(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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Item 1.01.     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The disclosure contained in "Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant" of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

Item 2.03.     Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On June 12, 2012, SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) signed an amendment (“Second Amendment to Loan Documents”) to the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (“OAQDA”) 166 Direct Loan (“Loan”). On July 9, 2012 the Company was notified that the second amendment was approved to reduce the interest rate of ten percent (10%) set forth in the “First Amendment to Loan Documents” dated February 28, 2012 and filed on Form 8-K on March 26, 2012. The interest rate of the Cognovit Promissory Note dated February 8, 2011 is returned to the original interest rate stated in the Note which is three percent (3%) per annum, effective April 10, 2012.

SIGNATURE

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.