---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-001193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SURG"
cik: "0001392694"
company_name: "SurgePays, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T16:29:58.092259+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SurgePays receives Nasdaq delisting notice for failing to hold annual shareholder meeting

## Summary
- Received Nasdaq notice on Jan 5, 2023, for not holding annual meeting within 12 months of Dec 31, 2021 fiscal year end.
- Company has 45 days to submit a compliance plan; Nasdaq can grant up to 180-day extension until July 5, 2023.
- Expects to file proxy statement and hold annual meeting in March 2023 to regain compliance with Listing Rules 5620(a) and 5810(c)(2)(G).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-001193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SURG
- cik: 0001392694
- company_name: SurgePays, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223001193/0001493152-23-001193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223001193/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  SurgePays, Inc. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding other (rules 5620(a), 5810(c)(2)(G)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Rules: 5620(a), 5810(c)(2)(G)
  source text: January 5, 2023, SurgePays, Inc. (the “Company”), received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, since the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of its December 31, 2021 fiscal year, it is out of compliance with the Nasdaq rules for continued listing (Listing Rules 5620(a) and 5810(c)(2)(G)). The notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Under the applicable Nasdaq rules, the Company now
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223001193/0001493152-23-001193-index.htm

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