---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-030019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001063537"
company_name: "RiceBran Technologies"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T23:16:54.849042+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RiceBran Technologies to be delisted from Nasdaq on Nov 8; moves to OTC Pink

## Summary
- Received Nasdaq Staff Determination on Oct 30 for failing minimum $2.5M stockholders' equity requirement.
- Company will not appeal; trading suspension set for open of business on November 8, 2023.
- Common stock expected to begin quoting on OTC Pink under symbol 'RIBT' effective November 7, 2023.
- No assurance of continued trading or sufficient liquidity on OTC Pink market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-030019
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001063537
- company_name: RiceBran Technologies
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923030019/0001437749-23-030019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923030019/ribt20231102_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-030019.txt

## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  RiceBran Technologies received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding stockholders equity (rules 5550(b)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: stockholders equity
  - Rules: 5550(b)
  source text: October 30, 2023, RiceBran Technologies (the “Company”) received a Staff Delisting Determination (the “Staff Determination”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). The Staff Determination was issued as a result of the Company failing to comply with the minimum $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b) (the “Listing Requirement”). On the basis of the Staff’s review and materials submitted by the Company to Nasdaq on October 9, 2023 and October 23, 2023, the Staff dete
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923030019/0001437749-23-030019-index.htm

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