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): June 17, 2019
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| NEVADA | 000-54014 | 20-5093315 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
343 Allerton Ave. South San Francisco, California 94090 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(650) 577-3600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On June 17, 2019, VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company is not currently in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Notice”).
The Notice has no immediate effect on the continued listing status of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and, therefore, the Company's listing remains fully effective.
The Company will continue to monitor the closing bid price of its Common Stock and seek to regain compliance with all applicable Nasdaq requirements within the allotted compliance periods. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company's Common Stock must be at least $1.00 per share for 10 consecutive business days at some point during the period of 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or until December 16, 2019. If the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by December 16, 2019, Nasdaq may grant the Company a second period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance. To qualify for this additional compliance period, the Company 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, other than the minimum bid price requirement. In addition, the Company would also be required to notify Nasdaq of its intent to cure the minimum bid price deficiency. If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance periods, including any extensions that may be granted by Nasdaq, 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 the 180-day compliance period, secure a second period of 180 days to regain compliance or maintain compliance with the other Nasdaq listing requirements.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 20, 2019, the Company announced positive results of recent preclinical studies of the effects of AV-101, the Company’s oral NMDA receptor glycine site antagonist, in a ”gold standard” MPTP primate model for reproducing dyskinesia (sudden uncontrolled movements) complications of standard Parkinson’s disease therapy with levodopa. In the new study, AV-101 significantly reduced levodopa-induced dyskinesia (“LID”) and did not cause adverse effects associated with amantadine therapy for LID. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| | VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. |
| | | |
| Date: June 21, 2019 | By: | /s/ Shawn K. Singh |
| | | Shawn K. Singh Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | | Description |
| | Press Release, dated June 20, 2019 |
