CRYO-CELL RECEIVES NYSE AMERICAN CONTINUED LISTING NOTICE (Form 8-K)

CRYO-CELL RECEIVES NYSE AMERICAN CONTINUED LISTING NOTICE

OLDSMAR, FL. - March 12, 2026 - Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (NYSE American LLC: CCEL) (the "Company"), the world's first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced that is has received a written notice (the "Notice") from the NYSE American LLC (the "NYSE American") stating that the Company is not in compliance with certain continued listing standards set forth in the NYSE American Company Guide.

Specifically, the Notice indicated that the Company is not in compliance with Section 1003 (a) of the NYSE American Company Guide because the Company reported (i) a stockholders' deficit as of November 30, 2025, and (ii) net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years ended November 30, 2023, November 30, 2024 and November 30, 2025.

The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock, which will continue to trade on the NYSE American under the symbol "CCEL" while the Company pursues a plan to regain compliance.

In accordance with NYSE American requirements, the Company intends to submit a plan to regain compliance within the prescribed timeframe. If the plan is accepted, the Company is typically granted a period of up to 18 months from receipt of the Notice to regain compliance. During this period, the Company's common stock will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE American, subject to the Company's compliance with other listing requirements and the plan accepted by the NYSE American.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance within the allotted time or that the NYSE American will grant the Company an extension of time to regain compliance. If the Company fails to regain compliance or fails to maintain compliance with other listing requirements, the NYSE American may initiate delisting proceedings.

About Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Cryo-Cell International, Inc. is the world's first private cord blood bank. ‎More than 500,000 parents from 87 countries have entrusted Cryo-Cell International, Inc. with ‎their baby's cord blood and cord tissue stem cells. In addition to its private bank, Cryo-Cell ‎International, Inc. has a public banking program in partnership with Duke University. Cryo-Cell's ‎public bank has provided cord blood for more than 700 transplants and operates a cord ‎blood donation site at one of the country's most prominent hospitals, Cedars-Sinai Hospital in ‎Los Angeles. Cryo-Cell's facility is FDA registered, cGMP-/cGTP-‎compliant and licensed in all states requiring licensure. Besides being AABB accredited as a ‎cord blood facility, Cryo-Cell was also the first U.S. (for private use only) cord blood bank to ‎receive FACT accreditation for adhering to the most stringent cord blood quality standards ‎set by any internationally recognized, independent accrediting organization. Cryo-Cell has ‎the exclusive rights ‎to PrepaCyte-CB, the industry's most advanced cord blood processing ‎technology.‎

Cryo-Cell's mission is to provide premier cord blood and cord tissue cryopreservation services, to develop, manufacture and administer cellular therapies to significantly improve the lives of patients worldwide and to offer the highest quality and most cost effective biostorage solutions available.