0000944480-23-000087.txt : 20231117 0000944480-23-000087.hdr.sgml : 20231117 20231117163504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000944480-23-000087 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231117 ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing FILED AS OF DATE: 20231117 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231117 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GSE SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944480 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 521868008 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14785 FILM NUMBER: 231419346 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6940 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 470 CITY: COLUMBIA STATE: MD ZIP: 21046-3308 BUSINESS PHONE: 4109707874 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6940 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 470 CITY: COLUMBIA STATE: MD ZIP: 21046-3308 8-K 1 form8-k_nasdaqlisting.htm NASDAQ STAFF DETERMINATION - REQUIREMENT CURED
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

November 14, 2023
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-14785
52-1868008
(State of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
6940 Columbia Gateway Dr., Suite 470, Columbia, MD 21046
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
(410) 970-7800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 

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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, $0.01 Par Value
 
GVP
 
The NASDAQ Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

As previously disclosed, on November 4, 2022, GSE Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company was not in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share of common stock for continued listing on Nasdaq, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). On October 31, 2023, the Company received a written a staff determination letter (the “Staff Determination”) providing that the Company had failed to establish compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by the October 30, 2023 deadline because it had not yet satisfied the ten trading day requirement following a 10 for 1 reverse stock split effectuated on October 30, 2023. On November 1, 2023, the Company submitted an appeal to the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) to appeal the Staff Determination (the “Appeal”). A hearing date of February 1, 2024 was established by the Panel for the Appeal.

As previously disclosed, the Company believed that it would achieve compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement at the close of market on November 10, 2023.

On November 14, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Panel advising that the Nasdaq staff had determined that the Minimum Bid Price Requirement deficiency had been cured, the Company is now in compliance with all applicable Nasdaq listing standards, the Company’s stock will continue to be listed and traded on Nasdaq and the Appeal is now moot and the hearing cancelled.

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.

GSE SYSTEMS, INC.

By:

/s/ Emmett Pepe 
Emmet Pepe
Chief Financial Officer
November 17, 2023