LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) (“Faraday Future,” “FF,” or “Company”), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, announced today that the Company has received the approval from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) to list its common stock and warrants on the NASDAQ Capital Market starting from April 25, 2023. Based on guidance from NASDAQ, the Company expects to receive a second 180-day extension (or until October 28, 2023) to meet NASDAQ’s $1 minimum bid price requirement for ten consecutive trading days if it continues to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the NASDAQ Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement. Per NASDAQ’s standard procedures, the Company expects to receive official notification of such extension on May 2, 2023.
The NASDAQ Capital Market is one of the three listing tiers within the Nasdaq Composite Index. Currently over a third of NASDAQ listed companies are in NASDAQ Capital Market tier. For a company to become part of Nasdaq’s Capital Market, it will need to fulfill certain criteria and requirements, including financial and liquidity requirements and corporate governance requirements. As of today, there are many medium ($2Billion-$10Billion market cap) and large cap ($10Billion-$200Billion market cap) companies that trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
Furthermore, on April 19, 2023, the Company received a written notice from NASDAQ stating that the Company had regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620 which requires the Company to hold an annual meeting of stockholders.
FF started the production of its FF 91 Vehicle on March 30, 2023 at its FF ieFactory in Hanford, California and announced the first production vehicle coming off the line on April 14, 2023. The Company also recently announced its three-phase delivery plan for the FF 91 vehicle and continues to work diligently towards the start of delivery of its FF 91 vehicles.
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FF is the pioneer of the Ultimate Intelligent TechLuxury ultra spire market in the intelligent EV era, and a disruptor of the traditional ultra-luxury car industry. FF is not just an EV company, but also a software-driven company of intelligent internet AI product.
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Investors (English): ir@faradayfuture.com
Investors (Chinese): cn-ir@faradayfuture.com
Media: john.schilling@ff.com
