Form 8-K - Current report
August 30 2023 - 5:14PM
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2023-08-24
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): August 24, 2023
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
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0-32565
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87-0673375
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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25420 Kuykendahl Rd., Suite B300
Tomball, TX
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77375
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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--12-31
(281) 675-2421
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common stock, no par value per share
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RIBT
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The NASDAQ Capital Market
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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
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Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
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On August 24, 2023, RiceBran Technologies (the “Company”) received a notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the Company’s shareholders’ equity, as reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023 (the “Form 10-Q”), did not satisfy the continued listing requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2,500,000 (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”). As reported in its Form 10-Q, the Company’s shareholders’ equity as of June 30, 2023 was approximately $882,000, and, as of August 24, 2023, the Company did not meet the alternative compliance standards of market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations. The Notice has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq.
In accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Company has 45 calendar days, or until October 9, 2023, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, which the Company plans to timely submit for the Staff’s consideration. If the plan is accepted, the Staff may grant the Company an extension period of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice to regain compliance.
There can be no assurance that the Staff will accept the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, or, if accepted, that the Company will evidence compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement during any extension period that the Staff may grant. If the Staff does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company will have the opportunity to appeal that decision before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5815(a); however, there can be no assurance that such appeal would be successful.
Item 5.03
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
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On August 30, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the Bylaws of the Company fixing the exact number of directors at five.
Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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3.1
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104 |
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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.
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RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
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Date: August 30, 2023
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By:
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/s/ William J. Keneally
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Name:
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William J. Keneally
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Title:
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Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
(as amended, effective August 30, 2023)
Article III, Section 2 of the Company’s Bylaws is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“SECTION 2. Number of Directors. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9). The exact number of directors shall be five (5) until changed, within the limits specified above, by a bylaw amending this section 2 duly adopted by two-thirds of the directors then in office or by the shareholders. The indefinite number of directors may be changed, or a definite number may be fixed without provision for an indefinite number, by a duly adopted amendment to the articles of incorporation or by an amendment to this bylaw duly adopted by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that if the authorized number of directors is five (5) or more, an amendment reducing the fixed number or the minimum number of directors to a number less than five (5) cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its adoption at a meeting, or the shares not consenting in the case of an action by written consent, are equal to more than sixteen and two-thirds percent (162/3%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. No amendment may change the stated maximum number of authorized directors to a number greater than two (2) times the stated minimum number of directors minus one (1).
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.”
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