In December of last year, Nasdaq proposed a rule change to modify the initial listing requirements related to liquidity. More specifically, Nasdaq proposed to change Listing Rules 5405 and 5505 to require that a company seeking to list on the Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Capital Market in connection with an IPO or to uplist to Nasdaq from the OTC in connection with a public offering “satisfy the applicable minimum Market Value of Unrestricted Publicly Held Shares (MVUPHS) requirement so...
