---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-004691"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:52:29.801143+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Hospitality receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for late 10-K filing

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified RCI on Jan 30, 2026 of noncompliance with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to delayed annual report for FY ended Sep 30, 2025.
- Company has until March 31, 2026 to file the 10-K or submit a compliance plan to Nasdaq.
- If plan accepted, Nasdaq may grant exception until June 29, 2026 to regain compliance.
- The notice has no immediate effect on RICK's Nasdaq listing.
- RCI expects to file the 10-K as soon as practicable.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-004691
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-02T23:59:59+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/935419/000162828026004691/0001628280-26-004691-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026004691/rick-20260130.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: bd8d3bcf7ec12a20f569a724beb633eec9683be8
  claim: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5250(c)(1)).
  evidence_excerpt: January 30, 2026, RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (“we,” “us” and the “Company”) received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that we are not in compliance with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) because we have failed to file our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (the “Form 10-K”). Under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we have until March 31, 2026 to submit a plan to Nasdaq as to how we plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements. Although we intend to regain
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026004691/0001628280-26-004691-index.htm

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