Moolec Received Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter
LUXEMBOURG, March 17, 2025 (Newswire.com) - Moolec Science SA (NASDAQ:MLEC), a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés de Luxembourg) under registration number B268440 ("Moolec," the "Company," "we," "us" or "our") received a letter on March 11, 2025 (the "Determination Letter"), from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department (the "Staff") of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that, as the closing bid price of its listed securities has remained at less than $1.00 per share over 30 consecutive business days as of September 10, 2024, and has not increased to $1.00 for more than 10 consecutive business days thereafter, the Company has not regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Additionally, the Company is not eligible for a second 180-day compliance period, as it does not comply with the $5,000,000 minimum stockholders' equity initial listing requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market. Unless the Company requests an appeal of this determination and requests a hearing before a Hearings Panel ("Hearings Panel") by March 18, 2025, the Company's ordinary shares and warrants will be scheduled for delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market at the opening of business on March 20, 2025, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which will remove the Company's securities from listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market and registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Determination Letter has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's ordinary shares and warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
On March 13, 2025, the Company appealed the Staff's determination to a Hearings Panel and intends to present its plan to regain and thereafter maintain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) by executing a reverse share split. The appeal automatically stays any potential delisting and the filing of the Form 25-NSE pending the later hearing and decision of the Hearings Panel. However, there is no assurance that the Company will secure an extension period from the Hearings Panel to achieve compliance, or, if granted, that it will meet the necessary criteria within the extension period.
On March 14, 2025, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to convene as soon as practicable an extraordinary shareholders meeting to consider and vote on the reverse share split. The Company is committed to implementing all required steps to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and is in close contact with the Staff in connection with the foregoing. Additionally, on the same date, the Company filed a Form 6-K under File Number 001-41586.
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Source: Moolec Science SA