Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFH) Files An 8-K Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

On December 12, 2019, Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) will delist the Company’s 6.625% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) by filing a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in accordance with Rule 12d2-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The delisting will become effective ten days after filing of the Form 25. As previously disclosed, the Notes were suspended from trading on Nasdaq on October 17, 2019 in connection with the transfer of the Company’s common share listing from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market, and the Notes have not traded on Nasdaq since that time. Since October 17, 2019, the Notes have been quoted on the OTC Markets system.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective December 15, 2019, Joe Shugrue was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In this newly created position, Mr. Shugrue will oversee the Company’s information technology, operations and underwriting and will continue to maintain oversight of claims. Mr. Shugrue, 56, has served as VP Claims since joining the Company in January 2011.

On December 16, 2019, Leslie DiMaggio, Vice President of Operations & IT of the Company, notified the Company that she will resign effective as of December 27, 2019, to pursue another professional opportunity.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 12, 2019, the Company was informed by Nasdaq that it has an additional 180 day period to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). As previously disclosed, on June 13, 2019, the Company received a delinquency notification letter from Nasdaq stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1), because the closing bid price of its common shares for the last 30 consecutive business days was below the minimum bid price of $1 per share. In order to regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common shares must be at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during a compliance period which originally expired 180 calendar days from the date of the delinquency notice, or December 10, 2019. Nasdaq has now extended this compliance period by another 180 days, or until June 2, 2020. The Company provided written notice to Nasdaq of its intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.

Also as previously disclosed, the Company is currently not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to its failure to timely file certain periodic reports with the SEC, and the Nasdaq Hearings Panel has issued its decision granting the Company’s request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market subject to the Company’s filing all of such periodic reports with the SEC by no later than February 28, 2020. It is the Company’s intent to fully regain compliance with all applicable Nasdaq listing standards as soon as practicable and in accordance with above time periods, although there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so.