---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-056433"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001844507"
company_name: "Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T18:56:16.199354+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Achari Ventures receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for market value of publicly held shares below $15M

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified Achari on Feb 24, 2023 that its Market Value of Publicly Held Shares fell below the $15M minimum required by Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C).
- Company has 180 calendar days, until August 23, 2023, to regain compliance by closing at $15M or more for 10 consecutive business days.
- Achari is also evaluating a transfer of its securities to The Nasdaq Capital Market as an alternative remedy.
- The deficiency notice does not currently affect the listing or trading of AVHIU, AVHI, or AVHIW on Nasdaq.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-056433
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001844507
- company_name: Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844507/000119312523056433/0001193125-23-056433-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844507/000119312523056433/d470245d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding market value (rules 5450(b)(2)(C)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: market value
  - Rules: 5450(b)(2)(C)
  source text: February 24, 2023, Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I, a Delaware company (the “ Company ”) received a letter (the “ Letter ”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications department of Nasdaq Global Market (“ Nasdaq ”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C), requiring a “Market Value” of “Publicly Held Shares” of at least $15 million. The Letter is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq. The Letter states that the Company has 180 calendar days to
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844507/000119312523056433/0001193125-23-056433-index.htm

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