−Removed: Our failure to meet
−Removed: the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) could result in a de-listing of our common stock.
+Added: Unstable market and economic conditions
+Added: and potential disruptions in the credit markets may adversely affect our business, including the availability and cost of short-term funds
+Added: for liquidity requirements and our ability to meet long-term commitments, which could adversely affect our results of operations, cash
+Added: flows and financial condition.
+Added: If internally generated funds
+Added: are not available from operations, we may be required to rely on the banking and credit markets to meet our financial commitments and
+Added: short-term liquidity needs.
+Added: Our access to funds under our revolving credit facility or pursuant to arrangements with other financial institutions
+Added: is dependent on the financial institution’s ability to meet funding commitments.
+Added: Financial institutions may not be able to meet
+Added: their funding commitments if they experience shortages of capital and liquidity or if they experience high volumes of borrowing requests
+Added: from other borrowers within a short period of time.
+Added: In addition, the global credit
+Added: and financial markets have recently experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit
+Added: availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, inflationary pressure and interest rate changes and uncertainty
+Added: about economic stability.
+Added: More recently, the closures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank and
+Added: their placement into receivership with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created bank-specific and broader financial institution
+Added: liquidity risk and concerns.
+Added: Although the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC jointly released a statement that
+Added: depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank would have access to their funds, even those in excess of the
+Added: standard FDIC insurance limits, under a systemic risk exception, future adverse developments with respect to specific financial institutions
+Added: or the broader financial services industry may lead to market-wide liquidity shortages, impair the ability of companies to access near-term
+Added: working capital needs, and create additional market and economic uncertainty.
+Added: There can be no assurance that future credit and financial
+Added: market instability and a deterioration in confidence in economic conditions will not occur.
+Added: Our general business strategy may be adversely
+Added: affected by any such economic downturn, liquidity shortages, volatile business environment or continued unpredictable and unstable market
+Added: If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, or if adverse developments are experienced by financial institutions, it may
+Added: cause short-term liquidity risk and also make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult, more costly and more dilutive.
+Added: to secure any necessary financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy,
+Added: financial performance and stock price and could require us to delay or abandon clinical development plans.
+Added: In addition, there is a risk
+Added: that one or more of our current service providers, financial institutions, manufacturers and other partners may be adversely affected
+Added: by the foregoing risks, which could directly affect our ability to attain our operating goals on schedule and on budget.
+Added: Our failure to meet the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq
+Added: Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) could result in a de-listing of our common stock.
we fail to maintain the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq, including maintaining the minimum closing bid price requirement of $1.00
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and obtain additional financing in the future.
−Removed: November 9, 2022, we received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq (the “Deficiency Notice”) informing us that our common stock
−Removed: had failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(1) (“Rule
−Removed: 5550(a)(1)”) based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the
−Removed: Deficiency Notice.
−Removed: In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been given 180 calendar days from September 9, 2022,
−Removed: or until May 8, 2023, to regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(1).
−Removed: Thus, if at any time before May 8, 2023 the bid price of our common stock
−Removed: closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide us with written confirmation that
−Removed: we have regained compliance.
−Removed: If we do not regain compliance
−Removed: with Rule 5550(a)(1) by May 8, 2023, we may be afforded a second 180 calendar day period to regain compliance.
−Removed: To qualify, we would be
−Removed: required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for
−Removed: the Nasdaq, except for the minimum bid price requirement.
−Removed: In addition, we would be required to notify Nasdaq of our intent and plan to
−Removed: cure the deficiency during the second compliance period.
−Removed: the event of a de-listing or threatened de-listing, we would take actions to restore our compliance with Nasdaq Rules, but we can provide
−Removed: no assurances that the listing of our common stock would be restored, that our common stock will remain above the Nasdaq minimum bid price
−Removed: requirement or that we otherwise will remain in compliance with the Nasdaq Rules.
+Added: November 9, 2022, we received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq (the “Deficiency Notice”) informing us that our common
+Added: stock had failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(1)
+Added: (“Rule 5550(a)(1)”) based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to
+Added: the date of the Deficiency Notice.
+Added: In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been given 180 calendar days
+Added: from September 9, 2022, or until May 8, 2023, to regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(1).
+Added: Thus, if at any time before May 8, 2023 the
+Added: bid price of our common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide
+Added: us with written confirmation that we have regained compliance.
+Added: As of May 8, 2023, as we had
+Added: not yet regained compliance with Rule 5550(a)(1).
+Added: As a result, prior to May 8, 2023, we had submitted to Nasdaq our plan to regain compliance,
+Added: including our method for rectifying our present deficiency regarding the minimum bid price requirement.
+Added: To qualify, we are required to
+Added: meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other Nasdaq initial listing standards, except
+Added: for the minimum bid price requirement.
+Added: On May 9, 2023, Nasdaq granted the Company’s request for an Additional Grace Period, or through
+Added: November 6, 2023, to regain compliance.
+Added: following the additional 180-day extension period, in the event of a de-listing or threatened de-listing, we would take actions to restore
+Added: our compliance with Nasdaq Rules, but we can provide no assurances that the listing of our common stock would be restored, that our common
+Added: stock will remain above the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement or that we otherwise will remain in compliance with the Nasdaq Rules.
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