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): December 4, 2023

 

BLUE STAR FOODS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-40991		82-4270040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3000 NW 109th Avenue

Miami, Florida 33172

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 836-6858

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	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 Symbols		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001		BSFC		Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities 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 8.01 Other Events.

 

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 1, 2023, Blue Star Foods Corp., (the “Company”) received a notice letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, based on the Company’s stockholders’ equity of $482,294 as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is no longer in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”), which matter serves as a basis for delisting the Company’s securities from Nasdaq.

 

The Company believes that its current shareholders equity figure meets Nasdaq continued listing standards following the recent conversion of certain non-cash liabilities to equity.

 

On December 4, 2023, the Company requested a hearing with the Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), which request was granted. A hearing date has been scheduled for March 28, 2024 and will stay the suspension of the Company’s securities and the filing of the Form 25-NSE pending the Panel’s decision.

 

 

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.

 

	BLUE STAR FOODS CORP.
Date: December 8, 2023	By:	/s/ John Keeler
		John Keeler Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer