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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
As previously reported, on March 18, 2022, Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, because the closing bid price for its common stock had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, it is no longer in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed companies to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Requirement”). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was provided 180 days, or until September 14, 2022, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement.
On September 15, 2022, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq advising that the Company has been granted a 180-day extension to March 13, 2023 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A).
The Company will continue to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock and consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. Specifically, the Company has confirmed to Nasdaq that, if necessary, it will implement a reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock (if approved by the Company’s stockholders) to regain compliance. If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting. The Company would then be entitled to appeal that determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement during this 180-day extension.
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.
Date: September 20, 2022 | KIROMIC BIOPHARMA, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Daniel Clark | |
Name: Daniel Clark | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |