PONOU Pono Capital Corporation

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 18, 2023

 

 

AERWINS Technologies Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-40734		86-2049355
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

Shiba Koen Annex 6 f, Shiba Koen 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan		105-0011
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +813-6409-6761

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.000001 par value per share		AWIN		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		AWINW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On October 18, 2023, AERWINS Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the Staff has determined to delist the Company’s common stock and warrants from The Nasdaq Global Market due to the Company not having regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) (the “Minimum Bid Requirement”) during the 180-calendar-day period (the “Compliance Period”) following the deficiency letter the Company received from the Staff on April 20, 2023, regarding the Company’s noncompliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement, the receipt of which the Company previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2023. The Minimum Bid Requirement requires Nasdaq-listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share, and for the Company to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock would have had to have been at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the Compliance Period (Nasdaq has the discretion to monitor a company for as long as 20 consecutive business days before deeming the company in compliance).

 

The Letter stated that, unless the Company requests an appeal of the delisting determination, the Company’s common stock and warrants will be scheduled for delisting at the opening of business on October 27, 2023, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq. The Letter stated that the Company may appeal Staff’s determination to a Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5800 Series, with the Company having until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 25, 2023 to submit a request for such a hearing.

 

The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel. The hearing request will automatically stay the suspension and/or delisting of the Company’s securities pending completion of the hearing and the expiration of any additional extension period granted by the Panel following the hearing. The Company intends to present at the hearing a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement and request the continued listing of its common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market pending such compliance. However, there can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request or that the Company will ultimately regain compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing.

 

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2023, on June 8, 2023, the Company also received a deficiency letter from the Staff of Nasdaq notifying the Company that the listing of its common stock was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market, as the market value of the Company’s listed securities was less than $50,000,000 for the previous 30 consecutive business days and the Company does not meet any of the alternative listing requirements. As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company remains out of compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A).

 

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2023, on September 8, 2023, the Company also received a deficiency letter from the Staff of Nasdaq notifying the Company that the listing of its common stock was not in compliance with the minimum Market Value of Publicly Held Shares (the “MVPHS”) requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C) for continued listing on Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C) requires the minimum MVPHS of $15,000,000, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D) provides that a failure to meet the minimum MVPHS requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the MVPHS of the Company’s common stock between July 27, 2023 and September 7, 2023, the Company no longer met the minimum MVPHS requirement. As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company remains out of compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C).

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 23, 2023	AERWINS Technologies Inc.
	By:	/s/ Kiran Sidhu
		Kiran Sidhu
		Executive Chairman

 

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