---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-113708"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISPC"
cik: "0001558569"
company_name: "iSpecimen Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:37:04.328790+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iSpecimen receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for bid price below $1.00; cure deadline May 18, 2026

## Summary
- Notice received Nov 19, 2025; stock continues trading under ISPC with no immediate delisting.
- Company has 180 calendar days, until May 18, 2026, to regain compliance.
- To cure, closing bid price must be at least $1.00 for ten consecutive business days.
- If not cured by May 18, 2026, an additional 180-day period may be available if other listing criteria are met.
- Options include a reverse stock split; failure to cure could lead to delisting and appeal rights.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-113708
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISPC
- cik: 0001558569
- company_name: iSpecimen Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390025113708/0001213900-25-113708-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390025113708/ea0266546-8k_ispecimen.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  iSpecimen Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: minimum bid price
  - Rules: 5550(a)(2)
  source text: November 19, 2025, iSpecimen Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock had been below the minimum $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) for the prior 30 consecutive business days. As a result, the Company is no longer in compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Notice has no
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558569/000121390025113708/0001213900-25-113708-index.htm

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