Reborn Coffee Intends to Appeal Delisting Notice from Nasdaq
June 26 2024 - 3:30PM
Reborn Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq: REBN), (“Reborn”, or the “Company”), a
California-based retailer of specialty coffee, today announced that
it has received a notice of delisting from Nasdaq.
On June 21, 2024, Reborn Coffee (the “Company”)
received a staff determination letter (the “Letter”) from the
Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that because it
has not yet filed its Form 10-Q for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2024 (the “Filing”), it has failed to comply with the filing
requirement set forth in Listing Rule 5250(c.)(1).
As previously announced on May 15, 2024, the
Company was required to dismiss BF Borgers CPA PC as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm. The Company was
required to engage a new independent registered public accounting
firm in order to complete and file the Form 10-Q.
On May 14, 2024, the Audit Committee approved
the engagement of BCRG Group (“BCRG”) as the Company’s new
independent registered public accounting firm. Due to the timing of
the appointment of BCRG, the Company was unable without
unreasonable effort and expense to complete the review of the
Company’s financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2024
before the required filing date for the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
A Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) had
previously placed the Company on a Discretionary Panel Monitor for
a period of one year or until May 16, 2025 after the Company
regained compliance with previous Nasdaq listing deficiencies,
which would require the Staff to issue a Delist Determination
Letter in the event that the Company failed to maintain compliance
with any continued listing requirement (the “Panel Monitor”). The
Letter explains that ordinarily Nasdaq listed companies may be
provided up to 60 calendar days to submit a plan to regain
compliance, and that if the plan is accepted, Staff may grant an
exception of up to 180 calendar days from the Filing’s due date.
However, pursuant to the Panel Monitor, the Company is not eligible
for a compliance period. Therefore, the Company must, and shall,
request an appeal of this determination to the Panel, and request a
stay of the suspension pending a hearing (with an explanation as to
why an extended stay is appropriate) by June 28, 2024, or else
trading of the Company’s common stock will be suspended at the
opening of business on July 2, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will
remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on
the Nasdaq.
Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A)(v) and
as stated in the Letter, the Company has until June 28, 2024 to
request a hearing to appeal the Staff’s determination and the
Company intends to request such a hearing.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 5810(b), the Staff
requires that the Company issue as promptly as possible, but no
later than four days from the receipt of the Letter, a public
announcement disclosing the receipt of the Letter. In the event the
Company does not make the required public announcement, trading in
its securities will be halted. By issuing this press release, the
Company believes it complies with Listing Rule 5810(b).
About Reborn Coffee
Reborn Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: REBN) is focused on
serving high quality, specialty-roasted coffee at retail locations,
kiosks, and cafes. Reborn is an innovative company that strives for
constant improvement in the coffee experience through exploration
of new technology and premier service, guided by traditional
brewing techniques. Reborn believes they differentiate themselves
from other coffee roasters through innovative techniques, including
sourcing, washing, roasting, and brewing their coffee beans with a
balance of precision and craft. For more information, please visit
www.reborncoffee.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this release that are not
based on historical fact are “forward-looking statements.” While
management has based any forward-looking statements included in
this release on its current expectations, the information on which
such expectations were based may change. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements, as a result of various factors including those risks
and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations sections of our recent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) including our Form 10-K for the fiscal
year of 2023, which can be found on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors include,
but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern as indicated in an explanatory paragraph in the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm’s audit
report as a result of recurring net losses, among other things, the
Company’s ability to successfully open the additional locations
described herein as planned or at all, the Company’s ability to
expand its business both within and outside of California
(including as it relates to increasing sales and growing Average
Unit Volumes at our existing stores), the degree of customer
loyalty to our stores and products, the impact of COVID-19 on
consumer traffic and costs, the fluctuation of economic conditions,
competition and inflation. We urge you to consider those risks and
uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements. We
caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for
revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as
required by law.
Contacts
Investor Relations Contact:Chris TysonExecutive
Vice PresidentMZ North AmericaREBN@mzgroup.us949-491-8235
Company Contact:Reborn Coffee,
Inc.ir@reborncoffee.com
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