---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-007752"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DPLS"
cik: "0000866439"
company_name: "DarkPulse, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T21:00:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:01:47.237768+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DarkPulse removed from OTCQB to OTCID on Oct 8 after failing $0.01 minimum bid price

## Summary
- OTC Markets Group notified DarkPulse on October 6, 2026 that its common stock would be removed from the OTCQB market effective at market open on October 8, 2026.
- The removal resulted from failure to satisfy the OTCQB minimum bid price requirement of $0.01 per share after the applicable grace period expired October 7, 2026.
- DarkPulse common stock continues to be quoted under the trading symbol "DPLS" on the OTCID market.
- The 8-K discloses no cure plan, remediation steps, appeal, or estimated financial impact from the tier downgrade; the report was signed by CEO Dennis O'Leary on October 9, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-007752
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DPLS
- cik: 0000866439
- company_name: DarkPulse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T21:00:22+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316826007752/0001683168-26-007752-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316826007752/darkpulse_8k.htm

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