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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-26-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-27T20:59:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-27T21:00:05.305186+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile to voluntarily delist from Nasdaq, shift to OTCID Market after failing $2.5M equity rule

## Summary
- Board approved voluntary Nasdaq withdrawal after Aug 24, 2026 notice that stockholders' equity fell below the $2.5M minimum required by Rule 5550(b)(1).
- Form 25 planned on or about Nov 9, 2026; Nasdaq trading expected to cease at the close on Nov 18, delisting effective on or about Nov 19, 2026.
- OTC Markets confirmed onboarding qualifications; SCKT expected to begin quoting on the OTCID Market at the open on or about Nov 19, 2026 under the same ticker.
- Company cites substantial legal, accounting, compliance and listing costs, and expects to cut administrative overhead and redirect capital to product development.
- Socket Mobile says operations, customer commitments and product delivery schedules are unaffected and it will keep filing 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-26-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-27T20:59:13+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000074/0000944075-26-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000074/form-8k1027.htm

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