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Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2021, on November 26, 2021, Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) received a deficiency letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”), notifying the Company that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which requires the Company to maintain a minimum bid price of at least $1 per share for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Minimum Bid Requirement”).
On May 26, 2022, the Company received notice (the “Nasdaq Notice”) from the Staff indicating that, while the Company has not regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement, the Staff has determined that the Company is eligible for an additional 180-day period, or until November 21, 2022, to regain compliance. If at any time during this second 180-day compliance period, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock is at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, the Staff will provide the Company with written confirmation of compliance. If compliance cannot be demonstrated by November 21, 2022, the Staff will provide written notification that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting. The Company would then be entitled to appeal the Staff’s determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel. The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock and consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement.
Neither the Nasdaq Notice nor the Company’s noncompliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement has an immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock, which will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IDRA.”
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Bryant D. Lim | |
| Bryant D. Lim | ||
| Senior V.P., General Counsel | ||
Dated: May 27, 2022