---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-015258"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:48:44.878911+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem receives Nasdaq delisting notice for equity non-compliance; plans hearing

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified SmartKem on Feb 12, 2026 of delisting due to failure to meet $2.5M stockholders' equity requirement.
- Company had received until Feb 11, 2026 to regain compliance under a prior extension.
- SmartKem intends to timely request a hearing before Nasdaq Hearings Panel to stay delisting.
- No assurance that Panel will grant extension or that company will regain compliance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-015258
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926015258/0001104659-26-015258-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926015258/tm266425d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-015258.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: b0665b1ad32885bdb66570c1381299a90dcf3422
  claim: SmartKem, Inc. received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)).
  evidence_excerpt: February 12, 2026, the Staff notified the Company that, based upon the Company’s continued non-compliance with the Equity Rule, the Staff had determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq unless the Company timely requests a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). The Company plans to timely request a hearing before the Panel, which request will stay any further suspension or delisting action by the Staff at least pending the hearing and the expiration of any extension the Panel may grant to the Company following the hearing. There can be no assurance that the Panel
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926015258/0001104659-26-015258-index.htm

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