Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

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

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 24, 2023

 

Oncocyte Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California		1-37648		27-1041563
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

15 Cushing

Irvine, California 92618

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value		OCX		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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:

 

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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. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

As previously reported in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 15, 2023, Oncocyte Corporation (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on August 9, 2022 indicating that Nasdaq had determined that the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1), as the minimum closing bid price for the Company’s common stock was less than $1.00 for the previous 30 consecutive business days. The Notice provided that the Company may consider applying to transfer the listing of the Company’s common stock to The Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company submitting an online transfer application, paying the requisite fee, satisfying such market’s continued listing requirement for the market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and providing written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency period during the additional compliance period. Following a transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market, under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(ii), the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period.

 

On January 24, 2023, the Company applied to transfer the listing of its common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Transfer”). The Nasdaq Capital Market operates in substantially the same manner as The Nasdaq Global Market, with issuers listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market tier required to meet certain financial and corporate governance requirements to qualify for continued listing. The Company currently expects that, upon consummation of the Transfer, the common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “OCX”, and the Company expects to file a Current Report on Form 8-K at such time as it can confirm the date of the Transfer.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain matters discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the Transfer. These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including, without limitation, that the common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “OCX”. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Please refer to the publicly filed documents of the Company, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, for risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s business which may affect the statements made in this this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

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.

 

	ONCOCYTE CORPORATION
Date: January 30, 2023	By:	/s/ Anish John
		Anish John
		Chief Financial Officer