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): February 22, 2024

 

Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-34600		26-2593535
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

101 Glen Lennox Drive, Suite 300 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

919-855-2100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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, $0.0001 par value per share	TENX	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 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

 

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.

 

On February 22, 2024, Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) received written notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) confirming that the Company had over 500,000 publicly held shares of its common stock and that as a result the Company had regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(4) (the “Minimum Float Requirement”) and that the matter is now closed.

 

As previously reported, on January 11, 2024, Nasdaq notified the Company that the Company no longer met the Minimum Float Requirement for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 23, 2024	Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Christopher T. Giordano
		Christopher T. Giordano
		President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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