---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-23-000790"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTI"
cik: "0001350102"
company_name: "Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:24:34.294236+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Solar receives Nasdaq delisting notice for minimum equity deficiency

## Summary
- Stockholders' equity of ($2,180,440) as of March 31, 2023, below Nasdaq's $2.5M minimum.
- Company has 45 calendar days (until July 9, 2023) to submit a compliance plan to Nasdaq.
- If plan accepted, Nasdaq may grant up to 180 days (to Nov 21, 2023) to regain compliance.
- Listing continues for now, but failure to regain compliance could lead to suspension or delisting.
- Company intends to take all reasonable measures to resolve the deficiency and remain listed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-23-000790
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTI
- cik: 0001350102
- company_name: Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323000790/0001079973-23-000790-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323000790/asti_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: stockholders equity
  - Rules: 5550(b)(1)
  source text: May 25, 2023, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that it is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity for continued listing. In its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023, the Company reported stockholders’ equity of $(2,180,440), and, as a result, does not currently satisfy Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). Nasdaq’s letter has no immediate impact on the listing
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323000790/0001079973-23-000790-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.