---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-26-001665"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTL"
cik: "0001621221"
company_name: "ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T21:15:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:58:46.188871+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artelo named among ~180 Nasdaq companies below new $5M MVLS threshold; rule stay means no immediate delisting

## Summary
- SEC approved Nasdaq's new $5M market value of listed securities (MVLS) rule on July 22, 2026; ~180 Nasdaq companies including Artelo were initially identified as below the threshold.
- A temporary stay of the $5M MVLS Rule was announced July 29, 2026; on Oct 5, 2026 the SEC published Nasdaq's proposed change to make the rule operative upon stay termination.
- Comments on the proposed rule change are due by October 29, 2026; Artelo says it has no information on how long the stay lasts or whether the rule returns in current form.
- Remedies cited if the rule applies: ATM equity offering or other equity-linked financings, actions on outstanding warrants, advancing development programs, managing operating expenses.
- Artelo said it has not committed to any particular course of action and does not intend further disclosure unless it deems it appropriate or required.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-26-001665
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTL
- cik: 0001621221
- company_name: ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T21:15:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033426001665/0001640334-26-001665-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033426001665/artl_8k.htm

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