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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On October 11, 2023, 180 Life Sciences Corp. (the “Company”, “we” or “us”) received written notice (the “Notification Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with the shareholder approval requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), which require prior shareholder approval for transactions, other than public offerings, involving the issuance of 20% or more of the pre-transaction shares outstanding at less than the applicable Minimum Price (as defined in Listing Rule 5635(d)(1)(A)).
The Staff’s determination under Listing Rule 5635(d) relates to the offering and issuance by the Company (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of: (i) 666,925 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $0.65 per share, (ii) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,948,460 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.6499 per Pre-Funded Warrant and (iii) warrants (the “Common Warrants”) to purchase up to 4,615,385 shares of Common Stock. The offering price per Share and associated Common Warrant was $0.65 and the offering price per Pre-Funded Warrant and associated Common Warrant was $0.6499. The Offering was previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2023.
The Staff determined that the Offering was not a “public offering” for the purposes of Nasdaq’s shareholder approval rules due to the type of offering, a best efforts offering pursuant to a placement agency agreement, and the fact that one investor purchased 98% of the Offering. As a result, because the Offering represented greater than 20% of the Common Stock outstanding and was priced below the Minimum Price, the Staff determined that the Company was required to obtain prior shareholder approval under Listing Rule 5635(d).
The Notification Letter does not impact the Company’s listing of its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market at this time. The Notification Letter states that the Company has 45 days to submit a plan to regain compliance. If the plan is accepted, Nasdaq may grant the Company an extension of 180 calendar days from the date of the Notification Letter to evidence compliance.
The Company intends to submit, within the requisite period, a plan to regain compliance under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will accept the Company’s plan or that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the applicable listing requirements.
The Company, by filing this Form 8-K, discloses its receipt of the notification from Nasdaq in accordance with Listing Rule 5810(b).
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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.
| 180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP. | ||
| Date: October 13, 2023 | By: | /s/ James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D. |
| James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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