Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
04 November 2022 - 10:46PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2022
Commission File Number: 001-39137
AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.
801 Bixing Street, Bihu County
Lishui, Zhejiang Province 323006
The People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (the “Company”)
has been notified by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel of the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
that the Company’s request for continued listing on The Capital Market has been granted subject to the following:
On or before November 23, 2022, the
Company shall demonstrate compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), the $1 Bid Price Rule. In order to fully comply with the terms
of this exception, the Company must be able to demonstrate compliance with all requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Stock
Market. In the event the Company is unable to do so, its securities may be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market.
The decision was made by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel following a hearing
held on October 20, 2022 during which the Company presented its plan (including share reverse split) to regain compliance with $1
Bid Rule. In the meantime, the Company will continue to be listed and its shares will continue to be traded on Nasdaq, pending a final
written decision by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel after November 23, 2022.
On September 16, 2022, the Company filed a request for a hearing
before the NASDAQ Hearings Panel to present its financial data including Shareholders’ Equity and plan with the applicable listing
requirements. This request was due to a Staff determination letter (the “Letter”) on September 9, 2022 from the Listing
Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company of the Staff’s determination
to delist the Company’s securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market due to the Company’s failure to regain compliance with
the $1 per share bid price requirement of Listed Securities required for continued listing as set forth in Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) (the
“$1 Bid Rule”), following the 180 calendar day compliance period set forth in Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) (the “Compliance
Period”). On September 16, 2022, Company received a letter from Nasdaq granting the appeal and scheduling the Nasdaq Hearings
Panel for October 20, 2022.
On September 9, 2022, the Company received a Staff determination
letter (the “Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying
the Company of the Staff’s determination to delist the Company’s securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market due to its failure
to regain compliance with the $1 Bid Rule within the 180 calendar day Compliance Period. Earlier, on March 8, 2022, Nasdaq
staff notified the Company that the bid price of its listed security had closed at less than $1 per share over the previous 30 consecutive
business days, and, as a result, did not comply with the $1 Bid Rule. In accordance with Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company
was provided 180 calendar days, or until September 5, 2022, to regain compliance with the $1 Bid Rule. Since then, the Company had
not regained compliance with the $1 Bid Rule, and Nasdaq staff believed that the Company was not eligible for a second 180 day Compliance
Period because Nasdaq staff believed that the Company had not demonstrated compliance with the minimum $5,000,000 Shareholders’
Equity initial listing requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq had written to the Company earlier that if Company had a Shareholders’
Equity above $5,000,000, it might obtain another 180 day period.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. |
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By: |
/s/
Haohan Xu |
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Name: |
Haohan Xu |
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Title: |
Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: November 4, 2022
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