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 UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 FORM 8-K

 

 CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 24, 2022

 

LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

delaware   001-39717   20-2903526

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

680 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 180

Pasadena, California 91101

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(631) 830-7092

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(e) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001

per share

 

 

LIXT

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants to purchase Common

Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

 

LIXTW

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On June 24, 2022, Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company has not been in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum closing bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company is provided a compliance period of 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or until December 21, 2022, to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement. If the Company does not regain compliance during the compliance period ending December 21, 2022, the Company may be afforded a second 180 calendar day period to regain compliance. To qualify for the second compliance period, the Company must (i) meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly-held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum closing bid price requirement, and (ii) notify Nasdaq of its intent to cure the deficiency. The Company can achieve compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement if, during either compliance period, the minimum closing bid price per share of the Company’s common stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days. The Company anticipates that its shares of common stock will continue to be listed and traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the compliance period(s).

 

The Company plans to carefully assess potential actions to regain compliance. However, the Company may be unable to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement during the compliance period(s), in which case the Company anticipates Nasdaq would provide a notice to the Company that its shares of common stock are subject to delisting, and the Company’s common shares would thereupon be delisted.

 

 

 

 

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: June 24, 2022 LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ JOHN S. KOVACH
    John S. Kovach, Chief Executive Officer