---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-23-001027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTI"
cik: "0001350102"
company_name: "Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T21:51:35.853053+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.92
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.92
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Solar receives Nasdaq delisting notice for low-priced stock; plans to appeal

## Summary
- On July 28, Nasdaq determined to delist ASTI due to closing bid price ≤$0.10 for ten consecutive trading days.
- Company intends to request a hearing before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel; trading stays pending during appeal.
- Also disclosed amendment to Series 1B Preferred Stock floor price, raised from $0.028 to $0.05 per share.
- Previously disclosed non-compliance with $1.00 Minimum Bid Price and $2.5M stockholders' equity requirements.
- No assurance of favorable outcome from hearing; stock continues trading on Nasdaq Capital Market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-23-001027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTI
- cik: 0001350102
- company_name: Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.92
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.92
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323001027/0001079973-23-001027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323001027/asti_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii), 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: delisting notice
  - Deficiency: minimum bid price
  - Rules: 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii), 5550(b)(1)
  source text: July 28, 2023, the Company received notice (the “Second Notice”) from the Staff that the Staff had determined that the Company’s securities had a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days triggering application of Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii) which states in part: if during any compliance period specified in Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), a company’s security has a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days, the Listing Qualifications Department shall issue a Staff Delisting Determination under Rule 5810 with respect to that security (the “Low Priced
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1350102/000107997323001027/0001079973-23-001027-index.htm

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