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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
 
July 31, 2023
 
 
Avinger, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
001-36817
  
20-8873453
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
400 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, California 94063
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(650) 241-7900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
AVGR
The Nasdaq Capital Market
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR § 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.12b-2).
 
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 8.01. Other Events.
 
As previously disclosed, on May 18, 2023, Avinger, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company no longer satisfies the $2.5 million stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or the alternatives to that requirement - a $35 million market value of listed securities or $500,000 in net income in the most recent fiscal year or two or the last three fiscal years - as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b) (the “Equity Requirement”). The Company thereafter submitted its plan to regain compliance with the Equity Requirement for the Staff’s review and, on July 31, 2023, the Staff granted the Company’s request for an extension of the deadline to regain compliance with the Equity Requirement to November 14, 2023.
 
Under the terms of the extension, the Company must provide to the Staff a publicly available report that evidences such compliance and otherwise complies with the conditions included in the extension notice. If the Company fails to evidence compliance upon filing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Nasdaq, the Company may be subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In the event the Company does not evidence full compliance with the Nasdaq listing criteria by November 14, 2023, the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that its securities will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). The Company’s request for a hearing would stay any further action by the Staff at least pending a hearing, the subsequent issuance of a decision by the Panel, and the expiration of any additional extension the Panel may grant to the Company as a result of the hearing.
 
The Company is diligently working to timely evidence compliance with the terms of the Staff’s decision by November 14, 2023 and remain listed on Nasdaq. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will ultimately regain compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on Nasdaq.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
Certain information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We may in some cases use terms such as “predicts,” “believes,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “might,” “likely,” “will,” “should” or other words that convey uncertainty of the future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations of our management team that involve risks, potential changes in circumstances, assumptions, and uncertainties, including statements regarding our ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements and the outcome of any hearing we might request. Any or all of the forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong or be affected by assumptions we make that later turn out to be incorrect, or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including risks related to our ability to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements or otherwise maintain compliance with any other listing requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market, the potential de-listing of our shares from the Nasdaq  Capital Market due to our failure to comply with the Equity Requirement, and the other risks set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. For all these reasons, actual results and developments could be materially different from those expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances unless required by law.
 
 
 
 
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.
 
     
AVINGER, INC.
         
         
 
Date: August 1, 2023
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Soinski
  
     
Jeffrey M. Soinski
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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