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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-104190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001478069"
company_name: "CONTRAFECT Corp"
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:40:31.938948+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ContraFect granted Nasdaq listing exception; must meet $2.5M equity by June 30, 2023

## Summary
- Nasdaq Hearings Panel allowed continued listing subject to achieving $2.5M minimum stockholders' equity by June 30, 2023.
- Company must provide interim progress update and notify Nasdaq of any significant events during the compliance period.
- Previous non-compliance with Rule 5550(b)(1); plan submitted, denial, and appeal led to the April 12, 2023 Panel decision.
- No assurance that the company can regain compliance; Panel may reconsider the exception terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-104190
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001478069
- company_name: CONTRAFECT Corp
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+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/1478069/000119312523104190/0001193125-23-104190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478069/000119312523104190/d495704d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  CONTRAFECT Corp received a nasdaq extension granted notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: extension granted
  - Deficiency: stockholders equity
  - Rules: 5550(b)(1)
  source text: April 12, 2023, ContraFect Corporation (the “Company”) received formal notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) had granted the Company’s request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company evidencing compliance with all applicable criteria for continued listing, including the $2.5 million minimum stockholders’ equity requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Rule”), by no later than June 30, 2023 (the “Compliance Period”). The Company’s continued listing during the Compliance P
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478069/000119312523104190/0001193125-23-104190-index.htm

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