UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2024

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VENUS CONCEPT INC.

 

235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900

Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 848-8430

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

As previously disclosed, on May 31, 2023, Venus Concept Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq Staff”) stating that the stockholders’ equity as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023, was below the minimum $2,500,000 required for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (“Minimum Equity Requirement”) and that the Company did not satisfy any of the alternative requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b).

On July 17, 2023, the Company submitted to the Nasdaq Staff a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Equity Requirement (the "Plan"). On July 28, 2023, the Nasdaq Staff granted an extension until November 27, 2023 to evidence compliance with the Minimum Equity Requirement, conditioned upon the Company’s achievement of certain milestones as set forth in the Plan.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 25, 2024, Venus Concept Inc. issued a press release relating to the Panel’s decision to grant the Company’s request for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, the Company regaining compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b) in the future, or otherwise meeting Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, Nasdaq granting the Company any relief from delisting as necessary or the Company meeting applicable Nasdaq requirements for any such relief. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report speak only as of the date of this Current Report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events, or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.

Item 9.01

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	VENUS CONCEPT INC.
Date: March 25, 2024	By:	/s/ Domenic Della Penna
		Domenic Della Penna
		Chief Financial Officer