MetaVia granted Nasdaq time to fix sub-$1.00 share price
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MetaVia Inc. (MTVA) reports that Nasdaq has granted the company a 180‑day extension, until May 26, 2026, to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement, which calls for a closing bid of at least $1.00 per share for 10 consecutive business days. The extension follows an earlier notice that MetaVia’s stock had traded below $1.00 for 30 straight trading days.
MetaVia noted it had more than $5 million in stockholders’ equity as of September 30, 2025 and already has shareholder approval to implement a reverse stock split at a ratio between 1‑for‑5 and 1‑for‑30 at the board’s discretion. The company plans to monitor its share price and may use a reverse split to help restore compliance. If it does not regain compliance by the new deadline, its shares could be subject to delisting from Nasdaq, though the company would be able to appeal.
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- Ongoing Nasdaq compliance risk: MetaVia remains out of compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price rule and faces potential delisting if it does not achieve a closing bid of at least $1.00 per share for 10 consecutive business days by May 26, 2026.
Insights
MetaVia gets more time to fix its Nasdaq bid-price deficiency, but delisting risk remains.
MetaVia Inc. has secured a 180‑day extension from Nasdaq, moving its deadline to regain the $1.00 per share minimum bid price to May 26, 2026. This follows an earlier non‑compliance notice after 30 consecutive trading days below $1.00. The extension indicates that Nasdaq accepted MetaVia’s plan and its representation that stockholders’ equity exceeded $5 million as of September 30, 2025.
The company already has shareholder authorization, granted on June 30, 2025, to execute a reverse stock split in a range of 1‑for‑5 to 1‑for‑30 at the board’s discretion. That tool gives management a mechanical way to increase the per‑share trading price and potentially meet the 10‑day, $1.00 bid requirement, if used.
If MetaVia’s stock does not meet the minimum bid requirement by May 26, 2026, Nasdaq may move to delist the shares, and MetaVia would then have the right to appeal to a hearings panel. The outcome will depend on future share‑price performance and any board decision on a reverse split, as described.
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Item 3.01.Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
As previously reported, on May 29, 2025, MetaVia Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) informing the Company that because the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock listed on Nasdaq was below $1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”).
In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company had a period of 180 calendar days from May 29, 2025, or until November 25, 2025, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
On November 7, 2025, the Company submitted a request to Nasdaq for a 180-day extension to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Company indicated to Nasdaq that it had demonstrated more than $5 million in stockholders’ equity as of September 30, 2025, and provided notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the extended compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary, and in sufficient time to evidence a closing bid price of at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days prior to the expiration of the extended compliance period. On June 30, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio between 1-for-5 to 1-for-30, with the decision of whether to implement such reverse stock split being subject to the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.
On November 26, 2025, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq advising that the Company had been granted a 180-day extension to May 26, 2026 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A).
The Company intends to continue actively monitoring the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock between now and May 26, 2026, and will consider available options to resolve the deficiency, including effecting a reverse stock split as stated above, and regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting. The Company would then be entitled to appeal that determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement during this 180-day extension period or maintain compliance with the other Nasdaq listing requirements.
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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.
| METAVIA INC. | ||
Date: November 26, 2025 | By: | /s/ Hyung Heon Kim | |
Hyung Heon Kim | |||
President and Chief Executive Officer | |||