---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-015920"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DTSQ"
cik: "0002017950"
company_name: "DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:50:02.731592+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nasdaq notifies DT Cloud Star of non-compliance with minimum public holders rule

## Summary
- Received Deficiency Letter on April 6, 2026 for failing to maintain at least 400 total holders as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2).
- Company has until May 21, 2026 to submit a plan to regain compliance; Nasdaq may grant up to 180-day extension.
- If plan rejected, Company may appeal to Nasdaq Hearings Panel or consider transfer to Nasdaq Capital Market.
- No immediate effect on listing or trading; Company exploring all options to regain compliance.
- Risk of delisting if unable to demonstrate compliance within extension period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-015920
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DTSQ
- cik: 0002017950
- company_name: DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2017950/000149315226015920/0001493152-26-015920-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2017950/000149315226015920/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 22cd75596598995b54c1c402f77d52a40e15ed3a
  claim: DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corp received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding shareholders (rules 5450(a)(2)).
  evidence_excerpt: April 6, 2026, DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Deficiency Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that based on a shareholder range analysis provided by the Company to Nasdaq dated March 27, 2026, the Company is not in compliance with Listing Rule 5450(a)(2) (the “Minimum Public Holders Rule”), which requires the Company to maintain at least 400 total holders for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market. The Deficiency Letter is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2017950/000149315226015920/0001493152-26-015920-index.htm

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