UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2015

 

CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada	001-34647	20-4672080
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

No. 3 Min Zhuang Road, Building 6, Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

+86-10-51600828

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

 

On September 8, 2015, ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ”). NASDAQ indicated in its letter that, based upon the closing bid price for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company no longer meets the requirement set forth in Listing Rule 5550, which requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share.

 

According to the Listing Rule 5810, the Company now has a period of 180 calendar days from such letter, or until March 7, 2016, to regain compliance. Compliance can be achieved by meeting the standard of a minimum bid price of $1 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time during the 180 day period. The Company is currently looking at all of the options available with respect to regaining such compliance.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: September 9, 2015		CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Handong Cheng
		Name: Handong Cheng
		Title:   Chief Executive Officer