UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2020
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Nevada |
001-34647 |
20-4672080 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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No. 9 South Min Zhuang Road Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
+86-10-60846616 |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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, par value $0.001 | CNET | Nasdaq Capital Market |
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On April 21, 2020, ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received a notice (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that its common stock (the “Common Stock”), fails to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing bid price of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the Notice. The Nasdaq rules provide the Company a compliance period of 180 calendar days in which to regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2) which would have been by October 18, 2020. The Notice also states that, due to current market conditions, Nasdaq has determined to toll the commencement of the compliance period for the minimum bid price requirement through June 30, 2020. As a result, the date by which the Company has to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement is extended to December 28, 2020. To regain compliance, the minimum bid price of the Common Stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum ten consecutive business days at any point prior to December 28, 2020, at which point Nasdaq would provide written confirmation to the Company and close the matter. The Company’s failure to regain compliance prior to December 28, 2020 could result in delisting.
The Company is presently evaluating various courses of action to regain compliance. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s rule or will otherwise be in compliance with other Nasdaq listing criteria.
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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.
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Dated: April 23, 2020 |
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. |
| By: /s/ Cheng Handong | |
| Name: Cheng Handong | |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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