---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-113338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XELB"
cik: "0001083220"
company_name: "XCel Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:55:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:40:22.803224+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xcel Brands gets Nasdaq minimum bid price notice; has until March 29, 2027 to regain $1.00 compliance

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified Xcel Brands on September 29, 2026 that its common stock closed below $1.00 for 30 consecutive business days.
- Company has 180 calendar days, until March 29, 2027, to regain compliance by holding a closing bid of at least $1.00 for 10 consecutive business days.
- If it fails, Xcel may be eligible for a second compliance period under Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(ii), requiring written notice and possibly a reverse stock split.
- Company says it will monitor its closing bid price and the market value of its publicly held shares and consider available options to cure the deficiency.
- No assurance of regaining compliance; failure would bring a Nasdaq delisting notice appealable to a hearings panel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-113338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XELB
- cik: 0001083220
- company_name: XCel Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:55:15+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083220/000110465926113338/0001104659-26-113338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083220/000110465926113338/xelb-20260929x8k.htm

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