Avalon Globocare Corp.

05/23/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/23/2025 14:42

Failure to Satisfy Listing Rule (Form 8-K)

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On May 22, 2025, Avalon GloboCare Corp. (the "Company") received a letter (the "Letter") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, under Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), because the Company's stockholders' equity of ($3,891,270), as reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025, was below the required minimum of $2.5 million, and because, as of May 22, 2025, the Company did not meet the alternative compliance standards, relating to the market value of listed securities of $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years.

The Letter has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company's common stock, which will continue to be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company's compliance with the other continued listing requirements. The Company has 45 calendar days from May 22, 2025, or through Monday, July 7, 2025, to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from May 22, 2025, or through Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to regain compliance. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company's plan, the Company will have the right to appeal such decision to a Nasdaq hearings panel.

The Company intends to submit to Nasdaq, within the requisite time period, a plan to regain compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will accept the Company's plan or that the Company will be able to regain compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) or maintain compliance with any other Nasdaq requirement in the future.

The Company, by filing this Form 8-K, discloses its receipt of the notification from Nasdaq in accordance with Listing Rule 5810(b).

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Company is including the below update to its risk factors, for the purpose of supplementing and updating the disclosure contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2025.

Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements could result in the delisting of our common stock.

Our common stock is currently listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market. We must satisfy the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (or Nasdaq) to maintain the listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

On May 22, 2025, we received notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") of Nasdaq indicating that we were not in compliance with the $2.5 million minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the "Minimum Stockholders' Equity Rule"). In that regard, we reported stockholders' equity of ($3,891,270), as reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025 (we did not then, and do not now, meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities of $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years).

We intend to submit to Nasdaq, within the requisite time period, a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders' Equity Rule. There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will accept our plan or that we will be able to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders' Equity Rule or maintain compliance with any other Nasdaq requirement in the future. In the event that we are unable to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders' Equity Rule, our common stock may be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market.

If our common stock were delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market, trading of our common stock would most likely take place on an over-the-counter market established for unlisted securities, such as the OTCQB or the Pink Market maintained by OTC Markets Group Inc. An investor would likely find it less convenient to sell, or to obtain accurate quotations in seeking to buy, our common stock on an over-the-counter market, and many investors would likely not buy or sell our common stock due to difficulty in accessing over-the-counter markets, policies preventing them from trading in securities not listed on a national exchange or other reasons. In addition, as a delisted security, our common stock would be subject to SEC rules as a "penny stock," which impose additional disclosure requirements on broker-dealers. The regulations relating to penny stocks, coupled with the typically higher cost per trade to the investor of penny stocks due to factors such as broker commissions generally representing a higher percentage of the price of a penny stock than of a higher-priced stock, would further limit the ability of investors to trade in our common stock. Delisting would materially and adversely affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may result in the potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, customers and employees and fewer business development opportunities. In addition, the consummation of the pending merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated March 7, 2025, by and among Avalon GloboCare Corp., Nexus MergerSub Limited and YOOV Group Holding Limited, including the absence of any pending order or action from Nasdaq or any Governmental Authority (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with respect to the status of the listing of our common stock, including any delisting order. For these reasons and others, delisting would adversely affect the liquidity, trading volume and price of our common stock, causing the value of an investment in us to decrease and having an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and to raise capital.

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