---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-000543"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSSAF"
cik: "0001882464"
company_name: "Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:07:55.718888+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Metal Sky Star receives Nasdaq delisting notice for minimum publicly held shares non-compliance

## Summary
- Na sdaq notified MSSA on March 24, 2025, of non-compliance with Listing Rule 5450(b) requiring minimum 1,100,000 publicly held shares.
- Notice has no immediate effect on trading; company has 45 calendar days to submit a compliance plan.
- If plan accepted, Nasdaq may grant up to 180-day extension; MSSA may also apply to transfer to Capital Market.
- Failure to regain compliance could lead to delisting, subject to appeal to a hearings panel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-000543
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSSAF
- cik: 0001882464
- company_name: Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882464/000164117225000543/0001641172-25-000543-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882464/000164117225000543/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding other (rules 5450(b)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Rules: 5450(b)
  source text: March 24, 2025, Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) received written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b) because the Company has not maintained a minimum 1,100,000 publicly held shares. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s listed securities (the “Listed Securities”). The Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance. If the plan is accepted, Nasdaq will grant an exte
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882464/000164117225000543/0001641172-25-000543-index.htm

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