ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:ALIM) Files An 8-K Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

On June 3, 2019, Alimera Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that as of May 31, 2019, the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market was below $1.00 for the last 30 consecutive business days and that the Company is therefore not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). This notification of noncompliance has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq.

The notice indicates that to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company will have 180 calendar days, until December 2, 2019, to regain compliance. For the Company to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the Company’s common stock must have a closing bid price of $1.00 or more for 10 consecutive business days. Under certain circumstances, however, to ensure that a company can sustain long-term compliance, Nasdaq may require the closing bid price to equal or to exceed the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for more than 10 consecutive business days before determining that the company complies. The Company’s common stock will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol ALIM during this 180-day period.

If the Company does not regain compliance during the initial 180-day compliance period, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180-day compliance period to regain compliance if it elects to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market. 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 price requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period. If it appears to Nasdaq that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency or the Company is otherwise not eligible, however, Nasdaq would notify the Company that its securities would be subject to delisting. If the Company were to receive such a notification, the Company could appeal Nasdaq’s determination to delist its securities, but there can be no assurance Nasdaq would grant the Company’s request for continued listing.

The Company intends to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement to allow for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, including seeking to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market and thereby qualify for another 180-day compliance period if the Company is unable to regain compliance by December 2, 2019. The Company cannot provide any assurances, however, that it will be able to regain compliance, including, if necessary, transferring to the Nasdaq Capital Market to qualify for an additional 180-day compliance period.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding, among other things, the Company’s plans to regain compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirements. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change them, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Meaningful factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, (a) the Company’s possible inability to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market, (b) Nasdaq’s discretion in applying the listing requirement so that, among other things, the Company might be required to maintain a closing bid price of $1.00 or more for more than 10 consecutive business days to regain compliance, (c) the continued failure of the Company’s common stock to trade at prices above $1.00 per share due to, among other things, a slowdown or reduction in the Company’s sales in 2019 due to a reduction in end user demand, unanticipated competition, regulatory issues, or other unexpected circumstances, and (d) other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov.

The forward-looking statements in this report speak only as of the date of this report (unless another date is indicated). The Company undertakes no obligation, and specifically declines any obligation, to publicly update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.