On January 3, 2017, Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) received written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) notifying the Company that for the preceding 30 consecutive business days, the Company’s common stock did not maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 (“Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) per share as required by NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). The notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock and the common stock will continue to trade on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “BLPH” at this time.

In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a grace period of 180 calendar days, or until July 3, 2017, to regain compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Compliance can be achieved automatically and without further action if the closing bid price of the Company’s stock is at or above $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time during the 180-day compliance period, in which case NASDAQ will notify the Company of its compliance and the matter will be closed.

If, however, the Company does not achieve compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by July 3, 2017, the Company may transfer to The NASDAQ Capital Market in order to receive an additional 180-day compliance period to comply. In order to be eligible for the transfer and additional time, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all of the initial listing requirements for The NASDAQ Capital Market, other than the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, and must notify NASDAQ in writing of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period.

The Company is currently considering available options to resolve this listing deficiency and to regain compliance. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with The NASDAQ Global Market listing requirements.

About Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLPH)

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company. The Company is focused on developing products at the intersection of drugs and devices that address medical needs in the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases. The Company is focused on the development of its nitric oxide therapy for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), using its delivery system, INOpulse, with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as the lead indication. Its INOpulse device has a mechanism that delivers brief, targeted pulses of nitric oxide timed to occur at the beginning of a breath for delivery to the alveoli of the lungs, which minimizes the amount of drug required for treatment. The Company’s second program, BCM, is a medical device focused to prevent congestive heart failure following a ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), which is a type of severe heart attack. The Company’s BCM is in PRESERVATION I clinical trial.

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLPH) Recent Trading Information

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLPH) closed its last trading session up +0.019 at 0.609 with 772,619 shares trading hands.