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Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed on August 21, 2023, NASDAQ Listing Qualifications staff (“Staff”) notified Blue Star Foods Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) that we no longer complied with the minimum $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity required for continued listing, or any of the alternative requirements pursuant to Listing Rule 5550(b). The Company requested a hearing, which was held on June 29, 2023.
The Panel granted the Company’s request for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, subject to (i) the Company filing a registration statement with the SEC for a $5 million public offering by July 28, 2023 and (ii) the Company demonstrating compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) by August 18, 2023.
On August 17, 2023, the Company requested that the Panel extend the date by which the Company must demonstrate compliance to September 15, 2023. On August 23, 2023, the Panel granted the Company’s request for extension.
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.
| BLUE STAR FOODS CORP. | ||
| Date: August 29, 2023 | By: | /s/ John Keeler |
John Keeler Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||