Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.

04/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2024 15:02

Failure to Satisfy Listing Rule - Form 8-K


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

On April 24, 2024, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) (the "Company") received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") dated April 24, 2024, indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii), as the Company's securities had a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days. The letter indicated that, as a result, the Nasdaq staff has determined to delist the Company's securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Delisting Determination").

As previously reported, on December 28, 2023, Nasdaq notified the Company that the bid price of its listed securities had closed at less than $1.00 per share over the previous 30 consecutive business days and, as a result, did not comply with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Company was provided 180 calendar days, or until June 25, 2024, to regain compliance with this rule.

Additionally, on April 18, 2024, Nasdaq notified the Company that since it had not yet filed its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, it no longer complied with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). Pursuant to Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A), this deficiency is now an additional basis for delisting.

The Company intends to request a hearing to appeal the Delisting Determination by May 1, 2024, the latest date permitted, which will stay the suspension of the Company's securities for 15 days from the date of the request, during which time the Company's securities will continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company also intends to request an extended stay of the suspension pending such hearing with Nasdaq's Hearings Panel.

If the Company fails to appeal the Delisting Determination by May 1, 2024, trading of the Company's common stock will be suspended at the opening of business on May 3, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company's securities from listing and registration on The Nasdaq Stock Market.

The Company is considering all potential options available to it to regain compliance with the aforementioned rules, including filing its 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, timely filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and seeking stockholder approval for a reverse stock split.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should," "future," "propose" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties which are, in many instances, beyond the Company's control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in or contemplated or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the failure to obtain stockholder approval for the Reverse Stock Split Proposal and the other risks, uncertainties and factors detailed in the Company's filings with the SEC, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 9, 2023, as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on August 21, 2023, and as further amended by its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended March 31, 2023, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023, and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC, including the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2023, as amended by the Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on December 28, 2023. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.