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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-078811"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONCO"
cik: "0001782107"
company_name: "Onconetix, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:47:34.203656+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Water Biotech (BWV) receives Nasdaq bid price deficiency notice

## Summary
- Notice from Nasdaq on Sept 18, 2023 for closing bid below $1.00 for 30 consecutive days.
- Company has 180 days, until March 16, 2024, to regain compliance by closing at $1.00+ for 10 days.
- May qualify for second 180-day compliance period; considering reverse stock split if needed.
- No immediate effect on listing; company monitoring options.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-078811
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONCO
- cik: 0001782107
- company_name: Onconetix, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023078811/0001213900-23-078811-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023078811/ea185612-8k_bluewater.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Onconetix, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: minimum bid price
  - Rules: 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)
  source text: September 18, 2023, Blue Water Biotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), received a written notice (the “ Notice ”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “ Staff ”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ Nasdaq ”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) which sets forth the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “ Minimum Bid Requirement ”) as the bid price of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), had closed below $1.00 per share for 30 cons
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390023078811/0001213900-23-078811-index.htm

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