---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-032831"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001807594"
company_name: "Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd"
filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T13:29:02.426375+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Malacca Straits receives Nasdaq notice for failing public float requirement; must submit plan by June 5, 2023

## Summary
- Received Nasdaq Public Float Notice on April 21, 2023 for failing minimum 500,000 publicly held shares (Rule 5550(a)(4)).
- Has until June 5, 2023 to submit a plan to regain compliance; Nasdaq may accept or reject plan with appeal option.
- No immediate effect on listing; securities continue trading on Nasdaq Capital Market.
- Company intends to submit a plan and evaluate options but cannot assure compliance with listing standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-032831
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001807594
- company_name: Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd
- filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023032831/0001213900-23-032831-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023032831/ea177496-8k_malacca.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding other (rules 5550(a)(4)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Rules: 5550(a)(4)
  source text: April 21, 2023, Malacca Straits Acquisition Company Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), received a letter (the “Public Float Notice”) from the listing qualifications department staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it no longer meets the minimum 500,000 publicly held shares required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(4) (the “Public Float Standard”). The Public Float Notice stated that the Company has until June 5, 2023 to provide Nasdaq with a specific plan to achieve and sustain c
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023032831/0001213900-23-032831-index.htm

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