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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On August 19, 2021, Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) advising the Company that for the last 30 consecutive business days preceding the date of the Notice, the Company’s Market Value of Listed Securities (“MVLS”) has been below the minimum of $35,000,000 required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) (the “MVLS Requirement”).
The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock and the Company’s common stock continues to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SONN.”
Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), the Company has until February 15, 2022 (the date that is 180 calendar days following the date of the Notice) to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement (the “Compliance Period”). To regain compliance, the MVLS must close at $35,000,000 or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the Compliance Period.
If the Company does not regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement by the end of the Compliance Period, the Company will receive a written notification from Nasdaq that its securities are subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the delisting determination to a Hearings Panel.
The Company intends to monitor its MVLS and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement.
We are not currently in compliance with the continued listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market. If we do not regain compliance and continue to meet the continued listing requirements, our common stock may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, which could affect the market price and liquidity for our common stock and reduce our ability to raise additional capital.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other requirements including, without limitation, the MVLS Requirement.
The Company intends to monitor its MVLS and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement. There can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement, or maintain compliance even if we implement an option that regains our compliance.
If we fail to regain compliance with the MVLS Requirement or to meet the other applicable continued listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market in the future and Nasdaq determines to delist our common stock, the delisting could adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our common stock and reduce our ability to raise additional capital. In addition, if our common stock is delisted from Nasdaq and the trading price remains below $5.00 per share, trading in our common stock might also become subject to the requirements of certain rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, which require additional disclosure by broker-dealers in connection with any trade involving a stock defined as a “penny stock” (generally, any equity security not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. | ||
| a Delaware corporation | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: August 19, 2021 | By: | /s/ Pankaj Mohan, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Pankaj Mohan, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |