Aeries Technology, Inc 8-K, filed Feb 26, 2025
Aeries Technology, Inc. (AERT)
About this 8-K
Aeries Technology, Inc filed this 8-K on February 26, 2025, reporting on events of February 20, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 3.01: Delisting notice or listing transfer
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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On February 20, 2025, Aeries Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, for the 30 consecutive business days from December 31, 2024 to February 19, 2025, the Company’s Class A ordinary shares had not maintained a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”). The Notice does not impact the listing of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market at this time.
In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) (the “Compliance Period Rule”), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or until August 19, 2025 (the “Compliance Date”), to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule. During this period, the Company’s Class A ordinary shares will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market. If at any time before the Compliance Date the closing price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares close at or above $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days as required under the Compliance Period Rule, the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that it has regained compliance with the Bid Price Rule and will close the matter. If the Company does not regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule by the Compliance Date, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180-day period to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market except for the bid price requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the bid price deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
If the Company cannot regain compliance during the Compliance Period or any subsequently granted compliance period, the Staff will provide a written notification to the Company that its securities are subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to a Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). However, there can be no assurance that, if the Company receives a delisting notice and appeals the delisting determination by the Staff to the Panel, such appeal would be successful.
The Company intends to monitor the closing price of its Class A ordinary shares between now and the Compliance Date, and may, if appropriate, evaluate available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule including effecting a reverse stock split. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain or maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing criteria.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the “safe harbor” provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. When used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions), as they relate to the Company or its management team, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Company’s ability to successfully appeal a delisting determination if issued, the Company’s ability to resolve the deficiency under the Bid Price Rule and regain compliance with the Nasdaq listing rules. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including but not limited to those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024, and other documents of the Company filed, or to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for revisions or changes after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, except as required by law.
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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.
| Date: February 26, 2025 | AERIES TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |
| A Cayman Islands exempted company | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel S. Webb | |
| Name: | Daniel S. Webb | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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