---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-032761"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MXCT"
cik: "0001287098"
company_name: "MAXCYTE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:27:30.646891+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MaxCyte receives Nasdaq notice for bid price below $1.00; 180-day cure period

## Summary
- Closing bid price below $1.00 for 30 consecutive days as of March 16, 2026.
- Must close at or above $1.00 for 10 consecutive trading days by Sept 14, 2026.
- If not cured, may seek 180-day extension by transferring to Nasdaq Capital Market.
- Company warns no assurance of regaining compliance or avoiding delisting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-032761
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MXCT
- cik: 0001287098
- company_name: MAXCYTE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287098/000110465926032761/0001104659-26-032761-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287098/000110465926032761/mxct-20260316x8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2f56956f4ee797bfd99ebbb499e4e4ef049bba9d
  claim: MAXCYTE, INC. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5450(a)(1), 5810(c)(3)(A)).
  evidence_excerpt: March 16, 2026, MaxCyte, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that, because the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock had fallen below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company no longer complies with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and the Company’s common stoc
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287098/000110465926032761/0001104659-26-032761-index.htm

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