rnwk-20220830

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) August 30, 2022

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington

001-37745

91-1628146

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1501 First Avenue South, Suite 600

Seattle, Washington 98134

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Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

RNWK

The NASDAQ Stock Market

Preferred Share Purchase Rights

RNWK

The NASDAQ Stock Market

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).


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

As previously reported, on February 18, 2022, RealNetworks, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) for the prior 30 consecutive business days, the Company was not in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was granted 180 calendar days, or until August 17, 2022, to regain compliance.

On August 16, 2022 the Company applied to transfer its securities from The Nasdaq Global Select Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market and requested a second 180-day period to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. On August 30, 2022, the Company received a second letter from the Staff approving the Company’s application to list its common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market and advising that the Company had been granted an additional 180 calendar days, or until February 13, 2023, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A). The Company’s securities will be transferred to The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on September 1, 2022.

The Company will continue to monitor the closing bid price of its Common Stock and consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement within the allotted compliance period, including by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s Common Stock will be subject to delisting. The Company would then be entitled to appeal that determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement during the 180-day extension.

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the Company’s ability to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing standards, including by effecting a reverse stock split. While the Company believes its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are reasonable, these plans, intentions or expectations may not be achieved. The Company’s actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For information about the factors that could cause such differences, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, including the information discussed under the captions “Item 1 Business,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as the Company’s various other filings with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



REALNETWORKS, INC.

By:						/s/ Michael Parham
						Michael Parham
						Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: August 30, 2022