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

ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:ALIM) Files An 8-K Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of ListingItem 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On June 21, 2018, Alimera Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that as of June 20, 2018, 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 18, 2018, 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 18, 2018. 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.

Item 3.01. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held on June 19, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”), the following proposals were submitted to the stockholders of the Company:

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Proxy Statement. Of the 78,122,822 shares of the Company’s common stock (including 8,135,593 shares of common stock underlying the Company’s outstanding Series A Preferred Stock based on a deemed conversion price of $2.95 per share), entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 54,057,792 shares, or approximately 69.2%, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, in respect of each such matter is set forth below:

The Company’s stockholders elected the following director to serve as a ClassII director until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. The votes regarding the election of this director were as follows:

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth in the Proxy Statement. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

About ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:ALIM)
Alimera Sciences, Inc. (Alimera) is a pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. The Company operates through two segments: U.S. and International. The Company focuses on diseases affecting the back of the eye or retina. The Company’s product is ILUVIEN, which is developed to treat diabetic macular edema (DME). DME is a disease of the retina that affects individuals with diabetes and can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. In the United States, ILUVIEN is indicated for the treatment of DME in patients who have been treated with a course of corticosteroids and did not have a rise in intraocular pressure (IOP). In the European Economic Area (EEA) countries, ILUVIEN is indicated for the treatment of vision impairment associated with DME considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies.