Damon Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing, Other Events
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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On April 25, 2025, Damon Inc. (the “Company”) received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), stating that based on its review of the Company’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), its staff has determined to delist the Company’s securities pursuant to its discretionary authority under Listing Rule 5101. Specifically, as set forth in the letter, Nasdaq’s staff determined that the Company’s issuance of securities pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated March 20, 2025, particularly the Series A warrants exercisable on an alternate cashless basis as described in the Company’s prior SEC filings, raises public interest concerns because the issuance resulted in substantial dilution for its shareholders. Accordingly, as set forth in the letter, this matter serves as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities from Nasdaq.
The letter serves as a formal notification that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) will consider this matter in rendering a determination regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq. Pursuant to Listing Rule 5810(d), the Company should present its views with respect to this additional deficiency at its Panel hearing.
On April 29, 2025, the Nasdaq staff informed the Company that, pursuant to the staff’s authority under Listing Rule 4120(a)(5), trading in its shares on Nasdaq has been halted pending the outcome of the Panel hearing, unless the staff determines to lift the halt prior to the hearing.
The Panel hearing regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq is scheduled for May 20, 2025. The Company plans to submit a compliance plan to the Panel. The Company also plans to apply for trading on the OTCQB market maintained by OTC Markets Group Inc. to address the risk of delisting from Nasdaq in the event of an unfavorable Panel decision.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Total Outstanding Shares
As of April 29, 2025, the Company had a total of 2,450,477,042 common shares issued and outstanding.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the “safe harbor” provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. When used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions), as they relate to the Company or its management team, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Company’s ability to successfully appeal the Nasdaq staff’s delisting determination and the Company’s ability to have an application to trade on the OTCQB approved timely to commence trading if its common shares are delisted from Nasdaq. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on March 18, 2025, and other reports and registration statements of the Company filed, or to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for revisions or changes after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, except as required by law.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 30, 2025 | DAMON, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Bal Bhullar | |
| Bal Bhullar | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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