SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 23, 2023

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. V

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 493-6558

N/A

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

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

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

On October 23, 2023, Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. V, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) received approval (the “Approval”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Nasdaq”) that the Company’s application to transfer the listing of its common stock, units and rights from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market has been approved. The common stock, units and rights will be transferred to The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on October 27, 2023. Common stock, units and rights will continue to trade under the symbols “MCAG,” “MCAGU” and “MCAGR,” respectively and trading of its common stock, units and rights will be unaffected by this transfer. The Nasdaq Capital Market operates in substantially the same manner as The Nasdaq Global Market, and listed companies must meet certain financial requirements and comply with Nasdaq’s corporate governance requirements.

As previously disclosed, the Company received three letters from Nasdaq indicating the Company failed to comply with certain continued listing requirements for The Nasdaq Global Market, specifically on: (i) April 3, 2023, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that the Company’s listed securities failed to comply with the $50,000,000 market value of listed securities (“MVLS”) requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) based upon the Company’s MVLS for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the notice, (ii) May 18, 2023, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that the Company failed to maintain the minimum 1,100,000 publicly held shares as required by the Nasdaq continued listing rules, and (iii) June 27, 2023, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that the Company’s publicly held shares failed to maintain a minimum Market Value of Publicly Held Shares (“MVPHS”) of $15,000,000 which is a requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(3)(C) based upon the Company’s MVPHS for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the notice. Upon the transfer of the listing of the Company’s securities to The Nasdaq Capital Market on October 27, 2023, each of the above deficiencies will be resolved because the Company will no longer be subject to the continued listing requirements for The Nasdaq Global Market.

On October 25, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing its listing transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

No Offer or Solicitation

This Current Report on Form 8-K is for informational purposes only and is not intended to and shall not constitute a proxy statement or the solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of an initial business combination or PIPE financing and is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of any vote of approval, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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.