Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTNP) 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 April 9, 2018, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it is no longer in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) requires listed companies to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2,500,000. The letter noted that the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “2017 10-K”) reported stockholders’ equity of $857,000.
As previously announced and reflected in the 2017 10-K, in March 2018 the Company completed two transactions that positively impacted its balance sheet. The first was the restructuring of its indebtedness, which included provisions for optional and mandatory conversion to equity of $2.4 million of the $4 million outstanding principal amount. The second was the sale of certain of the Company’s ex-U.S. Probuphine intellectual property for an upfront payment of $2.4 million. The Company is diligently pursuing additional avenues that will further positively impact stockholders’ equity.
The notification letter has no immediate effect on the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq has provided the Company with 45 calendar days, or until May 24, 2018, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity standard. If the Company’s plan to regain compliance is accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the notification letter to regain compliance.
About Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTNP)
Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Titan) is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in developing therapeutics for the treatment of medical disorders. The Company’s segment is engaged in the development of pharmaceutical products. The Company’s product development programs utilize its long-term drug delivery platform, ProNeura. The Company’s drug candidate, Probuphine, is being developed for the long-term maintenance treatment of opioid dependence. Titan’s ProNeura continuous drug delivery system consists of a small, solid rod made from a mixture of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and a drug substance. The Company focuses on developing two product development programs, the first one with a ropinirole implant for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the second one with a Triiodothyronine (T3) implant for the treatment of hypothyroidism.
