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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On May 24, 2022, Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (the “Company”) received a deficiency letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, for the last 30 consecutive business days, the bid price for the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) had closed below $1.00 per share, which is the minimum bid price required to maintain continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Requirement”).
The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Common Stock. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Common Stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180-day period, at which time the Staff will provide written notification to the Company that it complies with the Minimum Bid Requirement, unless the Staff exercises its discretion to extend this ten-day period pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(H). The compliance period for the Company will expire on November 21, 2022.
If the Company does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement during the initial 180 calendar day period, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify, the Company would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to the Staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company does not meet the other listing standards, the Staff could provide notice that the Common Stock will become subject to delisting. In the event the Company receives notice that its Common Stock is being delisted, Nasdaq rules permit the Company to appeal any delisting determination by the Staff to a Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). The Company expects that its Common Stock would remain listed pending the Panel’s decision. However, there can be no assurance that, if the Company does appeal the delisting determination by the Staff to the Panel, that such appeal would be successful, or that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement or maintain compliance with the other listing requirements. If the Common Stock ceases to be listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company would expect that the Common Stock would be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group.
The Company intends to actively monitor the closing bid price of the Common Stock and will evaluate available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement.
Forward-Looking Statements
The information above 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. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “may,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “plan,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “continue,” “regain,” “extend,” “remain,” “maintain,” and “cease,” and similar terms and phrases. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent the Company’s current expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the results described in this Current Report on Form 8-K will not be achieved. For example, there can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement during any compliance period or otherwise in the future, otherwise meet Nasdaq compliance standards, or that Nasdaq will grant the Company any relief from delisting as necessary or whether the Company can agree to or ultimately meet applicable Nasdaq requirements for any such relief. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified in this Form 8-K or as disclosed from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). As a result of these factors, actual results may differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Crawford | |
| Name: Michael Crawford | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: May 27, 2022 | ||
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