SurgePays, Inc. (SURG): Nasdaq/NYSE listing notice — SurgePays receives Nasdaq deficiency notices for market value and bid price; issues shares to CEO

On or about March 23, 2026, the Company issued 800,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of Company common stock to Brian Cox, the Company’s CEO and Chairman, at $1.25/share as the Shares were issued in satisfaction of $1,000,000 owed by the Company to Mr. Cox under the consolidated promissory note issued on or about March 12, 2024.

March 23, 2026, the Company received a written notice (the “ Bid Price Notice ” and together with the MVLS Notice collectively the “ Notices ”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement (the “ Bid Price Requirement ”) set forth in the Rules. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities, except that an indicator will be displayed with quotation information related to the Company’s securities on NASDAQ.com and NASDAQTrader.com and may be displayed by o

March 18, 2026, SurgePays, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received a written notice (the “ MVLS Notice ”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“ Nasdaq ”) indicating that the Company no longer meets the minimum market value of listed securities (“ MVLS ”) of $35,000,000 (the “ MVLS Requirement ”) set forth in Nasdaq’s Listing Rules (the “ Rules ”). On March 23, 2026, the Company received a written notice (the “ Bid Price Notice ” and together with the MVLS Notice collectively the “ Notices ”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department indicating that the Compan