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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-273553"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001478069"
company_name: "CONTRAFECT Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T09:13:34.696134+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ContraFect receives Nasdaq delisting notice; trading suspended Nov 9 due to equity deficiency

## Summary
- Nasdaq Panel determined to delist CFRX common stock due to failure to meet $2.5M stockholders' equity requirement and no alternative compliance.
- Trading suspension effective at opening on November 9, 2023.
- Company has 15 days to request review by Listing Council; decision not yet made.
- Stock expected to be eligible for OTC trading, but no assurance of admission.
- Company previously disclosed non-compliance in August 2023; hearing did not reverse determination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-273553
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001478069
- company_name: CONTRAFECT Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478069/000119312523273553/0001193125-23-273553-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478069/000119312523273553/d578671d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  CONTRAFECT Corp received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: delisting notice
  - Deficiency: stockholders equity
  - Rules: 5550(b)(1)
  source text: November 7, 2023, the Company received a determination letter (the “Delisting Notification”) from the Nasdaq Hearings Advisor stating that the Panel has determined to delist the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) from the Nasdaq Capital Market, and Nasdaq will accordingly suspend trading in the Company’s Common Stock, effective at the opening of trading on November 9, 2023, because the Company has not demonstrated compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, does not meet any of the alternative requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478069/000119312523273553/0001193125-23-273553-index.htm

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