vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT) Files An 8-K Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of ListingItem 3.01
On June 27, 2017, vTv Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the requirement of NASDAQ Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) as a result of the market value of the Company’s listed securities (“MVLS”) being below $50 million for 30 consecutive business days. This notification has no effect on the listing of the Company’s Class A common stock (“Class A Common Stock”) on The NASDAQ Global Market at this time. To the extent the Company is not able to comply with Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) within the 180-day grace period described below, the Company intends to transfer the listing of the Class A Common Stock to the NASDAQ Capital Market.
In addition to the 9,693,254 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, which are deemed by NASDAQ to be the Company’s “Listed Securities” for purposes of Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), the Company also has 23,119,246 shares of its Class B common stock (“Class B Common Stock”) outstanding, which shares may be exchanged at any time by holders of Class B Common Stock, together with nonvoting common units of vTv Therapeutics LLC (“vTv LLC Units”), for shares of Class A Common Stock to the terms of the exchange agreement entered into at the time of the Company’s initial public offering. Based on the closing trading price of the Class A Common Stock on June 29, 2017 the Company’s total market capitalization is $158.8 million, giving effect to the full exchange of Class B Common Stock and vTv LLC Units for shares of Class A Common Stock, which is in excess of the $50 million threshold.
In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), the Company has 180 calendar days, or until December 26, 2017, to regain compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A). Compliance can be achieved automatically and without further action if the MVLS is at or above $50 million for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time during the 180-day period. If the Company does not regain compliance during such period, subject to an appeals process, the Class A Common Stock may be removed from The NASDAQ Global Market, and the Company would seek to transfer the listing of the Class A Common Stock to the NASDAQ Capital Market), to the extent the Class A Common Stock is then eligible for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
The Company intends to monitor its MVLS actively and is currently evaluating its available options to regain compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A). The Company also intends to propose that the total market capitalization be considered in determining the MVLS for purposes of Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), since the Class B Common Stock and vTv LLC Units can be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock.
About vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT)
vTv Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the discovery and development of orally administered small molecule drug candidates. Its drug candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is azeliragon (TTP488), an orally administered, small molecule antagonist targeting the receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE), for which it has commenced patient enrollment in a Phase III clinical trial. Its type II diabetes drug candidates include TTP399, an orally administered, liver-selective glucokinase activator (GKA), for which it has completed enrollment in its Phase IIb clinical trial, and TTP273, an orally administered, non-peptide agonist that targets the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1r), for which it began enrollment in a Phase II clinical trial. It has over three additional programs in various stages of clinical development for the prevention of muscle weakness and the treatment of inflammatory disorders.