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6-Jul-2009
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing
On June 30, 2009 the NASDAQ Stock Market sent written notice to Advanced Battery Technologies that its private placement of Series F 0% Convertible Preferred Stock on June 17, 2009 did not comply with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5640. The notice further stated, however, that the Company has regained compliance with Rule 5640 and that the matter is closed.
On June 17, 2009 Advanced Battery Technologies issued 7,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock. The holders of the Series F Preferred Stock, as originally issued, were entitled to cast at any shareholders meeting a number of votes equal to the number of common shares into which their Series F Preferred Stock would be convertible at a conversion rate of $4.00. However, on the date on which Advanced Battery Technologies contracted to issue the Series F Preferred Stock, the market price of the common stock was $4.23. The Staff of the NASDAQ Stock Market determined that affording the holders of the Preferred Stock voting rights based on a discounted conversion price constituted a violation of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5640, which states:
Voting rights of existing Shareholders of publicly traded common stock registered under Section 12 of the Act cannot be disparately reduced or restricted through any corporate action or issuance.
On June 24, 2009 Advanced Battery Technologies filed an amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Series F Preferred Stock. The amendment changed the voting rights of the holders of the Series F Preferred Stock, such that the holders are now entitled to cast votes equal to the number of shares of common stock into which the Preferred Shares would be convertible if the conversion price were $4.23. As a result of that amendment the Staff of the NASDAQ Stock Market notified Advanced Battery Technologies that it has regained compliance with Rule 5640.
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