Laser Photonics Provides Update on NASDAQ Notice of Delisting for Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard
- NASDAQ has granted an extension until June 20, 2025 to submit filings or compliance plan
- Company can potentially receive up to 180 days (until October 13, 2025) to regain compliance
- Strategic acquisition of CMS assets for $1 million through bankruptcy proceedings
- Risk of NASDAQ delisting due to non-compliance with listing rules
- Delayed filing of both 10-K (FY2024) and 10-Q (Q1 2025)
- Ongoing audit issues related to CMS acquisition and revenue recognition practices
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LASE faces NASDAQ delisting risk due to missed financial filings; extension granted until June 20 to resolve audit complications from recent acquisition.
Laser Photonics finds itself in a precarious regulatory situation with NASDAQ after failing to file both its 2024 annual report (10-K) and Q1 2025 quarterly report (10-Q). The exchange has granted a brief extension until June 20, 2025, for the company to either submit these overdue filings or provide a compliance plan. This represents a critical juncture for the company's continued listing status.
The root cause appears to be complications stemming from the company's $1 million acquisition of CMS assets in November 2024 through bankruptcy proceedings. Two specific accounting matters are under review: auditing CMS's historical revenue recognition practices and determining appropriate valuation gains for the acquired assets. These complexities emerged at a particularly challenging time - just six weeks before fiscal year-end.
While NASDAQ can potentially extend the compliance period up to 180 days from the initial missed filing (until October 13, 2025), this situation creates substantial uncertainty. Serial reporting failures like this trigger heightened regulatory scrutiny and often signal deeper accounting challenges that could materially impact financial statements. The lack of current financial information creates a significant information vacuum for stakeholders attempting to evaluate the company's position.
The specific mention of reviewing
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2025 / Laser Photonics Corporation ("LPC" or "the Company") (NASDAQ:LASE), a leading global industrial developer of CleanTech Laser Systems for laser cleaning and other applications, today announced that it has received an extension until the close of business on June 20, 2025, to submit its 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024, and its 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025, or provide NASDAQ with a plan to regain compliance. The Company continues to work closely with its auditors to resolve the outstanding issues and file these reports as expeditiously as possible.
On May 22, 2025, it received a notice from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications department of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that since it had not received the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025 ("1Q25"), and because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024 (the "Initial Delinquent Filing"), the Company does not comply with Nasdaq's Listing Rules for continued listing. Nasdaq stated that in accordance with its letter dated April 16, 2025, the Company has until June 16, 2025, to submit a plan to regain compliance with respect to these delinquent reports. Nasdaq can grant an exception to allow the Company to regain compliance up to a maximum of 180 calendar days from the due date of the Initial Delinquent Filing, or October 13, 2025.
The delays in filing the 10-K for 2024 have caused delays to filing the 10-Q for 1Q25 and are primarily due to LPC's acquisition of certain assets of CMS in November 2024 (the "November Transaction"), approximately six weeks before the end of LPC's fiscal year, for approximately
The audit of CMS's historical revenue recognition practices under prior ownership prior to the November Transaction
The determination of a gain associated with the December 31, 2024, valuation of the acquired CMS assets, based on their performance since the November Transaction.
About Laser Photonics Corporation
Laser Photonics is a vertically integrated manufacturer and R&D Center of Excellence for industrial laser technologies and systems. Laser Photonics seeks to disrupt the
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), including statements regarding the Company's plans, prospects, potential results and use of proceeds. These statements are based on current expectations as of the date of this press release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which may cause results and uses of proceeds to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements. These risks include, without limitation, those described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Registration Statement. Any reader of this press release is cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release except as required by applicable laws or regulations.
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SOURCE: Laser Photonics Corp.
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