11/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/21/2024 05:02
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
As previously disclosed on May 10, 2024, DUET Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") received a written notice (the "Original Notice") from the Listing Qualifications Department (the "Staff") of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that, for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company's Market Value of Listed Securities ("MVLS") was below the minimum of $50 million required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) (the "Market Value Standard"). The Staff also noted that the Company does not meet the requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(3)(A) (the "Total Assets/Total Revenue Standard").
The Original Notice provided that, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C) (the "Compliance Period Rule"), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days from the date of the Original Notice, or until November 5, 2024 (the "Compliance Date"), to regain compliance with the Market Value Standard. During this period, the Company's securities will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Global Market. If at any time before the Compliance Date the Company's MVLS closes at or above $50 million 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 Market Value Standard and will close the matter.
On November 6, 2024, the Company received a written notice (the "Notice") from the Staff that it had not complied with the Market Value Standard prior to the Compliance Date, and that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel') will also consider this matter in rendering a determination regarding the Company's continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company intends on addressing the issue at the hearing before the Panel.
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, the Company's ability to resolve the deficiency under the Market Value Standard and regain compliance with the Market Value Standard. 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 those set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's final prospectus for its initial public offering filed with the SEC on January 19, 2022, 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.