Long Blockchain Corp., the company formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea Corp., has announced that it has received a delisting determination from Nasdaq. The U.S.-based company made headlines in December after its name change triggered a 432% gain in the price of its shares over the course of a single day.
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Long Blockchain Receives Delisting Determination
On the 10th of April, Long Blockchain Corp. revealed that it had received a “delisting determination letter from the Hearings Panel of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC relating to the company’s common stock.”
Long Blockchain Corp. had been informed on the 15th of February by the Staff of Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Department that a “determin[ation] to delist the company’s securities” had been made. The company appealed the determination, with a hearing having occurred on the 22nd of March.
The Hearings Panel chose to uphold the delisting determination, with Long Blockchain Corps’s shares scheduled to be “suspended on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on April 12, 2018.”
Long Blockchain to Remain Public Company Despite Delisting
The company has stated its intention to “apply for its common stock to be quoted and traded on the OTCQB Market.” Long Blockchain Corp’s stock will also “be eligible for trading and quotation on the Pink Current Information tier operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc.”
The company has also stated that the relegation to “the over-the-counter market does not diminish the focus of its efforts to become a leader in blockchain technology.”
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