---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-071247"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONCO"
cik: "0001782107"
company_name: "Onconetix, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:57:08.426821+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Water Biotech receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for late Q2 2023 10-Q filing

## Summary
- Received Nasdaq deficiency notice on August 22, 2023 for failing to timely file Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2023.
- Has 60 calendar days to submit a compliance plan; Nasdaq may grant extension until February 20, 2024.
- Company cites ongoing review of employee expenditures as reason for delay; no timeline for filing given.
- Notice does not immediately affect listing or trading of BWV common stock on Nasdaq.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-071247
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONCO
- cik: 0001782107
- company_name: Onconetix, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023071247/0001213900-23-071247-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023071247/ea184317-8k_bluewater.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Onconetix, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5250(c)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: late filing
  - Rules: 5250(c)(1)
  source text: August 22, 2023, Blue Water Biotech, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received a deficiency notice (the “ Notice ”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ Nasdaq ”) that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing standards (the “ Listing Rules ”) as set forth in Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) given the Company’s failure to timely file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 (the “ 10-Q ”). Consistent with the Listing Rules, the Company has 60 calendar days from the date of the Notice to provide Nasdaq with a specific plan to achieve and sustain compliance with
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023071247/0001213900-23-071247-index.htm

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