Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): April 3, 2023

Tingo Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35850	27-0016420
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3

Montvale, New Jersey 07645

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(201) 225-0190

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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:

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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, par value $0.001 per share		TIO		The NASDAQ Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 April 3, 2023, Tingo Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), received a staff deficiency notice (the “Nasdaq Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) informing the Company that its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Nasdaq Notification Letter advised the Company that, based upon the closing bid price during the period from February 14, 2023 to March 28, 2023, the Company no longer meets this test.

Pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or October 2, 2023, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days prior to October 2, 2023.

According to the Nasdaq Notification Letter, should the Company not regain compliance by October 2, 2023, an additional 180 days may be granted to regain compliance, so long as the Company meets Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements (except for the bid price requirement) and notifies Nasdaq in writing of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period. If the Company does not qualify for the second compliance period or fails to regain compliance during the second 180-day period, then Nasdaq will issue a de-listing determination, at which point the Company will have an opportunity to appeal the delisting determination.

On April 10, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had received the Nasdaq Notification Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Nasdaq Press Release”). Incorporated into this Item 3.01 by reference is the Nasdaq Press Release.

The Nasdaq Press Release is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall the Nasdaq Press Release be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release, dated April 10, 2023
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.