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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-105644"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001845459"
company_name: "NKGen Biotech, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T08:55:03.150073+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NKGen Biotech receives Nasdaq non-compliance notice for MVPHS below $15M

## Summary
- Received Nasdaq notice on Dec 2, 2024: market value of publicly held shares below $15M requirement.
- Has 180 calendar days (until June 2, 2025) to regain compliance by closing at $15M+ for 10 consecutive business days.
- No immediate effect on listing; company may consider available options to regain compliance.
- If not regained, Nasdaq will issue delisting notice; company may appeal but no assurance of success.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-105644
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001845459
- company_name: NKGen Biotech, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845459/000121390024105644/0001213900-24-105644-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845459/000121390024105644/ea0223687-8k_nkgen.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  NKGen Biotech, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding market value (rules 5450(b)(2)(C)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: market value
  - Rules: 5450(b)(2)(C)
  source text: December 2, 2024, NKGen Biotech, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received written notice (the “ MVPHS Notice ”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“ Nasdaq ”) notifying the Company that, based on the market value of publicly held shares for the previous 30 consecutive business days, the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C), which requires the Company’s listed securities to maintain a minimum market value of publicly held shares of $15,000,000 (the “ MVPHS Requirement ”). The MVPHS Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Com
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845459/000121390024105644/0001213900-24-105644-index.htm

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