closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (“Rule 5550(a)(2)”). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until October 28, 2024, to regain compliance. The Bid Notice states that the Nasdaq staff will provide written confirmation that the Company has achieved compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2) if at any time before October 28, 2024, the bid price of the Company’s common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.
If we do not regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2) by October 28, 2024, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify, we would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and would need to provide written notice to Nasdaq of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to the Nasdaq staff that we will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if we are otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq would notify us that our securities will be subject to delisting.
On November 2, 2023, we received a written notice (the “Initial Notice”) from Nasdaq indicating that, for the last thirty-two consecutive business days, the market value of our listed securities has been below the minimum requirement of $35 million for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) (“Rule 5550(b)(2)”). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), we were provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until April 30, 2024, to regain compliance. The Initial Notice stated that the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that we have achieved compliance with Rule 5550(b)(2) if at any time before April 30, 2024, the market value of our common stock closes at $35 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.
On May 1, 2024, we received written notice (the “Delist Notice” and, together with the Bid Notice and Initial Notice, the “Notices”) from Nasdaq indicating that, based upon our continued non-compliance with Rule 5550(b)(2), the Nasdaq staff has determined to delist our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital market effective May 10, 2024 unless we timely request an appeal of this determination before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) by May 8, 2024. We timely requested a hearing before the Panel, which had the effect of staying the suspension of the Company’s common stock pending the Panel’s final written decision. During the pendency of our hearing before the Panel, our common stock will remain listed and trading on Nasdaq.
On May 15, 2024, we filed a Certificate of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to (i) effect a 1-for-8 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock, effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time, on May 16, 2024, and (ii) decrease the number of total authorized shares of our common stock from 400,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares. The Reverse Stock Split was intended, among other reasons, to allow us to achieve the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid price of Nasdaq. However, there can be no assurance that the price of our common stock will stay above the minimum requirements for the time period required by Nasdaq in order to regain compliance with the rule.
In addition, we have previously received similar notices from Nasdaq that our bid price of our common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Rule 5550(a)(2), and that the market value of our listed securities has been below the minimum requirements of $35 million for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Rule 5550(b)(2). Even though we previously regained compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market’s minimum closing bid price requirement, and minimum market value of listed securities requirement, there is no guarantee that we will remain in compliance with such listing requirements or other listing requirements in the future. Any failure to maintain compliance with continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market could result in delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market and negatively impact our company and holders of our common stock, including by reducing the willingness of investors to hold our common stock because of the resulting decreased price, liquidity and trading of our common stock, limited availability of price quotations and reduced news and analyst coverage. Delisting may adversely impact the perception of our financial condition, cause reputational harm with investors, our employees and parties conducting business with us and limit our access to debt and equity financing.