180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNF) (“180 Life Sciences” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel drugs that fulfill unmet needs in inflammatory diseases, fibrosis and pain, announced today that it received an expected letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNF) (“180 Life Sciences” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel drugs that fulfill unmet needs in inflammatory diseases, fibrosis and pain, announced today that it received an expected letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) because it has not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 (the “Q1 2021 Form 10-Q”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Nasdaq notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Due to amended and re-stated financial statements of its predecessor, KBL Merger Corp. IV, which were previously filed for the periods ended June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, and guidance provided by the SEC on April 12, 2021 in the form of an issued statement, regarding accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, the Company has been unable to complete the preparation of its December 31, 2020 financial statements, for audit by its independent auditors, on a timely basis and has been unable to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2020 Form 10-K”). Nasdaq provided the Company a prior deficiency letter on April 16, 2021 relating to our failure to timely file our 2020 Form 10-K, as previously disclosed. Because we are still working to complete and file our 2020 Form 10-K, we have been unable to complete our Q1 2021 Form 10-Q.
Nasdaq indicated that the Company has 60 calendar days from the original deficiency letter, or until June 15, 2021, to file the 2020 Form 10-K and the Q1 2021 Form 10-Q with the SEC. If the Company is unable to file the 2020 Form 10-K and the Q1 2021 Form 10-Q with the SEC by June 15, 2021, the Company intends to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules on or prior to that date. If Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan, then Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the due date of the 2020 Form 10-K, or until October 12, 2021, to regain compliance. However, there can be no assurance that Nasdaq will accept the Company’s plan to regain compliance or that the Company will be able to regain compliance within any extension period granted by Nasdaq. If the Company fails to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing rules, the common stock of the Company will be subject to delisting on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Our auditors are still in the process of auditing our December 31, 2020 financial statements and reviewing our March 31, 2021 financial statements, and we plan to file our 2020 Form 10-K and the Q1 2021 Form 10-Q as soon as soon as possible within the timeline prescribed by Nasdaq.
About 180 Life Sciences Corp.
180 Life Sciences Corp. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel drugs that fulfill unmet needs in inflammatory diseases, fibrosis and pain by leveraging the combined expertise of luminaries in therapeutics from Oxford University, the Hebrew University and Stanford University. 180 Life Sciences is leading the research into solving one of the world’s biggest drivers of disease – inflammation. The Company is driving groundbreaking studies into clinical programs, which are seeking to develop novel drugs addressing separate areas of inflammation for which there are no effective therapies. The Company’s primary platform is a novel program to treat fibrosis using anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor).
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