Iris Acquisition (IRAA) 8-KNotice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): March 5, 2024

IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3rd Floor Zephyr House

122 Mary Street, George Town

PO Box 10085

Grand Cayman KY1-1001, Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 971 4 3966949

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

On March 5, 2024, Iris Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company has failed to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires that a special purpose acquisition company must complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement.

Pursuant to the Notice, unless the Company timely requests a hearing before The Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), the Company’s securities will be subject to suspension and delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on March 14, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq.

The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel to appeal the Notice received on March 5, 2024. A hearing request will stay the suspension of trading on the Company’s securities, and the Company’s securities will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market until the hearing process concludes and the Panel issues a written decision.

There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request for a suspension of delisting or continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain information contained in this report consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Words such as “will,” “would,” “may,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “potential,” and similar expressions, or the use of future tense, identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and actual actions or events could differ materially from those contained in such statements. For example, there can be no assurance that Nasdaq will grant the Company any relief from delisting or that the Company can ultimately meet applicable Nasdaq requirements for any such relief, that the Company will regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules in the future, or otherwise meet Nasdaq compliance standards. The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.

SIGNATURES

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.