---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-010283"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:37:29.204452+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Hospitality receives Nasdaq delisting notice for delinquent 10-K and 10-Q filings

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified RCI on Feb 18, 2026 for failure to file Q1 FY2026 10-Q and delinquent FY2025 10-K.
- Company has until March 31, 2026 to file reports or submit a compliance plan to Nasdaq.
- If plan accepted, Nasdaq may grant an exception until June 29, 2026 to regain compliance.
- Noncompliance has no immediate effect on listing but risks delisting if not cured.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-010283
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026010283/0001628280-26-010283-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026010283/rick-20260218.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-010283.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a052a804c5c719ccbf95fb1a1bbeb6437a1ab28c
  claim: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5250(c)(1)).
  evidence_excerpt: February 18, 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025 (the “Form 10-Q”), and because we remain delinquent in filing 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, 20
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026010283/0001628280-26-010283-index.htm

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