---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603978-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQB"
cik: "0001603978"
company_name: "AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T23:13:26.254298+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AquaBounty receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for bid price below $1.00

## Summary
- Closing bid price below $1.00 for 32 consecutive business days as of January 15, 2025.
- Compliance period of 180 calendar days until July 15, 2025 to regain $1.00 minimum bid.
- Stock continues trading on Nasdaq Capital Market under symbol AQB; no immediate delisting.
- Company may evaluate actions including reverse stock split if needed to cure deficiency.
- If not compliant by July 15, may qualify for additional 180-day period if other standards met.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603978-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQB
- cik: 0001603978
- company_name: AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-17T23:59:59+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/1603978/000160397825000003/0001603978-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397825000003/aqb-20250115x8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-25-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-25-000003.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9a93d15cfb5d97ceaadccebab8890b5c4b503b92
  claim: AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2)).
  evidence_excerpt: imum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The Notice has no immediate effect on the Company’s listing
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397825000003/0001603978-25-000003-index.htm

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