SPI Energy Co. Ltd. filed SEC Form 8-K: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On January 13, 2025, SPI Energy Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), received a notification letter (the “Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the Nasdaq hearings panel had determined to delist the Company’s shares from The Nasdaq Capital Market, due to the Company’s violation of Listing Rules 5250(c)(1) and 5550(a)(2), the “Bid Price Requirement” and “Annual Shareholder Meeting” Rules.
The Letter stated that the Hearing Panel has determined to delist the Company’s shares from Nasdaq and trading in the Company’s securities will be suspended at the open of trading on January 15, 2025. The Company has 15 days after the date of the Letter to request that the hearing panel review the decision, or the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council may, on its own motion, determine to review the hearing panel’s decision within 45 calendar days after the Letter.
The delisting of the Company’s shares was driven by several contributing factors, primarily delinquency in the Company’s public filings with the SEC, beginning with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2024, which delays were primarily due to the difficulties in the completion of its 2023 audit, continuous trading below $1 per share for 30 consecutive business days and the Company’s failure to hold its annual shareholders meeting during 2024.
At this time, the Company has determined not to appeal Nasdaq’s delisting determination. Management anticipates that the Company’s shares will continue to trade on an over-the-counter (OTC) market.
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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.
| SPI ENERGY CO., LTD. | |||
January 14, 2025 |
By: | /s/ Xiaofeng Peng | |
| Xiaofeng Peng | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | |||
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