---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-019361"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REBN"
cik: "0001707910"
company_name: "Reborn Coffee, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:12:00.867707+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reborn Coffee receives Nasdaq non-compliance notice; appoints new directors to cure

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified Company on Feb 19, 2026 of non-compliance with independent director and committee rules (Listing Rule 5605).
- Cure period runs until earlier of next annual meeting or Feb 13, 2027 (or Aug 12, 2026 if meeting before that date).
- Board reduced from 7 to 6; resignations of Andy Nasim, Alex Go, and Mi Young Jeong effective Feb 20, 2026.
- Appointed Charles C. Jeong and Mi Jeong Lee as independent directors; Jeong chairs Compensation, Lee on Audit Committee.
- Charles C. Jeong previously purchased 1,192,661 shares at $5.45/share for $6.5M in October 2025 (related-party transaction).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-019361
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REBN
- cik: 0001707910
- company_name: Reborn Coffee, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707910/000121390026019361/0001213900-26-019361-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707910/000121390026019361/ea0277971-8k_reborn.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: b7fe0c8d1719e48f9876932e3b204dfa78f56c09
  claim: Reborn Coffee, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding other (rules 5605).
  evidence_excerpt: February 19, 2026, Reborn Coffee, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) received a notification letter (the “Letter”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq’s independent director, audit committee, and compensation committee requirements as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605. However, consistent with Nasdaq Listing Rules, Nasdaq will provide the Company a cure period in order to regain compliance as follows: (i) until the earlier of the Company’s next annual stockhold
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707910/000121390026019361/0001213900-26-019361-index.htm

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