E-Power Inc. Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price Deficiency
Rhea-AI Summary
E-Power (NASDAQ:EPOW) received a Nasdaq notice on May 20, 2026 for not meeting the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement after 30 consecutive business days below that level. The company has until November 16, 2026 to regain compliance and is considering options including a possible reverse share split. Business operations are unchanged.
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Positive
- Nasdaq granted 180 calendar days, until November 16, 2026, to regain compliance
- Notification does not impact current Nasdaq Capital Market listing status
- Company states business operations are not affected by the notification
- Company plans to monitor share price and evaluate options to regain compliance
Negative
- Company failed to meet Nasdaq $1.00 minimum bid price for 30 consecutive business days
- Shares now in minimum bid price deficiency status under Nasdaq rules
- Risk of Nasdaq delisting if compliance not regained by November 16, 2026
- Potential need for reverse share split to restore minimum bid price
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Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
Sector peers showed mixed moves: in-momentum names included GWH (-0.72%) and STI (+0.88%), while other electrical equipment peers like DFLI, FLUX, OESX, and CCTG also moved in different directions, suggesting this Nasdaq deficiency notice is stock-specific rather than a coordinated sector move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 08 | Patent granted | Positive | -8.1% | Granted patent for P-Ag-Si hard carbon composite for sodium-ion batteries. |
| May 08 | Government grant | Positive | -8.1% | Provincial fund of $294,000 for carbon-based anode technology center. |
| May 07 | Subsidiary patent win | Positive | +29.2% | Patent for double-layer coated silicon-carbon composite for solid-state batteries. |
| May 06 | Microgrid agreement | Positive | -19.2% | Three-phase microgrid deal with ZL Bio totaling about $252 million CAPEX. |
| May 05 | AI power team hire | Positive | -4.2% | Onboarding engineers with NVIDIA AI collaboration background to scale AIDC power solutions. |
Recent positive operational and patent news often saw negative or mixed price reactions, indicating a tendency for divergence between news tone and short-term price moves.
Over early May 2026, E-Power announced several positive developments, including multiple patents for advanced battery materials, a $252 million multi-phase microgrid agreement in California, and onboarding an experienced AI data-center power engineering team. Despite this, shares often moved negatively after announcements. The current Nasdaq minimum bid-price deficiency notice comes shortly after these growth-focused updates, adding listing-compliance risk on top of existing operational and strategic milestones.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights that EPOW fell out of compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid-price rule after 30 consecutive business days below the threshold and now has 180 days, until November 16, 2026, to cure the deficiency. Business operations were reported as unaffected, but listing status risk increased. Investors may track bid levels, potential actions such as a reverse share split, and how these developments intersect with recent operational and regulatory disclosures.
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DOVER, USA, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- E-Power Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “our”) (NASDAQ: EPOW) today announced that the Company received a written notification (the “Notification Letter”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on May 20, 2026, notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on Nasdaq.
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US
The Notification Letter does not impact the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market at this time. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided 180 calendar days, or until November 16, 2026, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). To regain compliance, the Company’s Class A ordinary shares must have a closing bid price of at least US
The Company’s business operations are not affected by the receipt of the Notification Letter. The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its Class A ordinary shares and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options, including, but not limited to, implementing a reverse share split of its outstanding Class A ordinary shares, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
About E-Power Inc.
E-Power Inc., through its joint venture, is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The Company's joint venture has completed the construction of a manufacturing facility with a production capacity of 50,000 tons .The plant runs on inexpensive electricity from renewable sources, which helps to make E-Power a low-cost and low–environmental-impact producer of graphite anode material. Mr. Haiping Hu, the founder and CEO of the Company, is a major pioneer for the graphite anode industry in the world starting from 1999. The Company’s management team is also composed of experts with years of experiences and strong track-records of success in the graphite anode industry. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.sunrisenewenergy.com.
Forward-looking statement
Certain statements in this press release regarding the Company’s future expectations, plans, and prospects constitute forward-looking statements as defined by Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements about plans, goals, objectives, strategies, future events, expected results, assumptions and any other factual statements that have not occurred. Any words that refer to “may,” “will,” “want,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “expect,” “estimate,” “estimate,” or similar non-factual words, shall be regarded as forward-looking statements. Due to various factors, the actual results may differ materially from the historical results or the contents expressed in these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the Company’s strategic objectives, the Company’s future plans, market demand and user acceptance of the Company’s products or services, technological updates, economic trends, the Company’s reputation and brand, the impact of industry competition, relevant policies and regulations, China’s macroeconomic conditions, international market conditions, and other related risks and assumptions. In view of the above and other related reasons, we advise investors not to blindly rely on these forward-looking statements, and we urge investors to visit the website of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to review the Company’s filings for other factors that may affect the Company’s future operating results. The Company is under no obligation to make public amendments to changes in these forward-looking statements due to specific events or reasons unless required by law.
For more information, please contact:
The Company: IR Department
Email: IR@sunrisenewenergy.com
Phone: +1 4084890472
