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Urban One Gets Another Delinquency Notice from Nasdaq

Urban One received a second non-compliance notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on May 23, for not having timely filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ended March 31, 2024. Urban One previouslyim received a notice from Nasdaq for not filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, in a timely manner. Urban One has until June 7, 2024, to file or submit a plan to regain compliance. If Nasdaq accepts the compliance plan, Nasdaq may grant the company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the due date for the initial delinquent filing, or until September 30, 2024, to regain compliance. Urban One states that it is working diligently and expects to file its Delayed Filings on or before June 7, 2024, which would eliminate the need for the company to submit a formal plan to regain compliance.

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Urban One Averts NASDAQ Delisting After Reporting Q3 2023 Operating Results

On December 22, Urban One filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the third quarter of 2023. In it the company reports net revenue of $117.8 million for the period ended September 30, 2023, a decrease of 2.8% from the same period in 2022. It also reports a net loss of $53.7 million in Q3 2023 compared to the net income of $3.7 million it reported in Q3 of 2022. Urban One had received a delisting notice from Nasdaq Stock Market LLC for failing to file its quarterly reports with the SEC on time. As TALKERS has previously reported on this matter, the tardiness stems from the company dismissing its previous independent registered public accounting firm BDO USA, LLP andim hiring Ernst & Young LLP. Yesterday (1/4), Urban One filed the following with the SEC: “On January 4, 2024, Urban One, Inc. announced that it had received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC confirming that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c) (the “Periodic Filing Rule”) which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission… with the company in compliance with the Periodic Filing Rule, Nasdaq has ceased any action to delist the company’s securities… Nasdaq has informed the company that it will be subject to a Mandatory Panel Monitor for a period of one year, or until December 29, 2024. If, within the one-year monitoring period, the company again fails to comply with the Periodic Filing Rule, the company will not be permitted to provide the Nasdaq Staff with a plan of compliance with respect to that deficiency, nor will the company be afforded a cure period. Instead, upon the Nasdaq Staff issuing a delist determination letter, the company would then have an opportunity to request a new hearing with the initial Hearing Panel or a newly convened Hearing Panel if the initial Hearing Panel is unavailable.”