Applied DNA Sciences Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 17, 2024, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) received written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it had determined that for the last 20 consecutive business days, from August 19, 2024 to September 16, 2024, the closing bid price of the Company’s Common Stock had been at $1.00 per share or greater and that, accordingly, the Company had regained compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for the continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”), and that the matter was now closed.
On September 18, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the Notice and its compliance with the Bid Price Rule. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 18, 2024. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: September 18, 2024 | APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ James A. Hayward | |
| Name: | James A. Hayward | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |