NEXGEL Announces 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split Effectiveness
The reverse split is intended to help restore compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement.
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NEXGEL (NASDAQ: NXGL) implemented a 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective October 12, 2026, with split-adjusted trading beginning that morning.
The split became effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time, combining every twenty outstanding common shares into one. Outstanding shares decrease from 9,747,663 as of October 9, 2026, to approximately 487,384 before fractional-share rounding. NEXGEL intends the split to help regain compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement. Stockholders approved the split on September 23, 2026, and the board subsequently selected the ratio. Authorized capital shares remain unchanged, and outstanding equity awards, warrants and other convertible or exercisable securities will receive proportional adjustments under their terms.
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- Minor point1-for-20 reverse split addresses Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing.
News Explained
The split is effective; as a reverse split, it changes share count and per-share price proportionally without changing company value by itself, but NEXGEL says there is no assurance it will regain or maintain Nasdaq’s
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Market move: NXGL -8.88% vs previous close. 1-for-20 reverse stock split
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Key Figures
- Reverse split ratio
- 1-for-20
- Applied to issued and outstanding common stock
- Outstanding shares
- 9,747,663 to approximately 487,384 shares
- Before fractional-share rounding
- Nasdaq minimum bid price
- $1.00 per share
- Requirement for continued listing; compliance is not assured
Historical Context
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Management planned to re-solicit shareholder approval for a reverse split targeted for late September.
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Split-adjusted trading to begin on The Nasdaq Capital Market at market open on October 12, 2026
LANGHORNE, Pa., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEXGEL, Inc. (“NEXGEL” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: “NXGL”), a company with a patient centric medical technology sales and marketing team working closely with clinicians to provide solutions that drive better outcomes, streamline care, and elevate the patient experience, today announced that its common stock, par value
The Reverse Stock Split was approved by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting held on September 23, 2026, and the Company’s Board of Directors subsequently approved the 1-for-20 ratio. The Reverse Stock Split became effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time today pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
The Reverse Stock Split is intended to increase the per-share trading price of the Common Stock to help the Company regain compliance with Nasdaq’s
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every twenty (20) shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock were automatically combined into one (1) share of Common Stock, without any action on the part of stockholders. The Reverse Stock Split reduces the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock from 9,747,663 shares (as of October 9, 2026) to approximately 487,384 shares, before giving effect to the rounding up of fractional shares. The number of authorized shares of capital stock and the par value of
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share will instead receive one whole share of Common Stock in lieu of such fractional share, and no cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares. Proportional adjustments will also be made to the Company’s outstanding equity awards, warrants and other convertible or exercisable securities in accordance with their respective terms.
Stockholders who hold their shares through a bank, broker or other nominee do not need to take any action, and registered stockholders with questions may contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at 800.509.5586.
About NEXGEL, INC.
NEXGEL, through its Bionx Surgical division, is a patient centric medical technology sales and marketing team working closely with clinicians to provide solutions that drive better outcomes, streamline care, and elevate the patient experience. Bionx has a strong offering of products including Biovance (human amniotic membrane allograft), Biovance 3L (tri-layer human amniotic membrane allograft), Interfyl (human connective tissue matrix), SilverSeal (antimicrobial hydrogel wound dressing), and an expansive opthalmic portfolio of placental derived ocular allografts (LUCENT, single layer, RADIANT, dual layer, and VIVID, triple layer). Additionally, NEXGEL is a provider of healthcare, beauty, and over the counter (OTC) products including ultra-gentle, high-water-content hydrogel products for healthcare and consumer applications. Based in Langhorne, Pa., the Company has developed and manufactured electron-beam, cross-linked hydrogels for over two decades. In addition to the above, NEXGEL brands include Hexagels®, Turfguard®, Kenkoderm® and Silly George®. NEXGEL also has strategic contract manufacturing relationships with leading consumer healthcare companies.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “prospects,” “outlook,” and similar words or expressions, or future or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may,” and “could,” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated effects of the Reverse Stock Split and the Company’s ability to regain and maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any anticipated results, performance, or achievements for many reasons. The Company disclaims any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, a future event, or otherwise. For additional risks and uncertainties that could impact the Company's forward-looking statements, please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including but not limited to the discussion under “Risk Factors” therein, which the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and which may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov/.
Investor Contact:
Valter Pinto, Managing Director
KCSA Strategic Communications
212.896.1254
Nexgel@kcsa.com
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When did NEXGEL’s 1-for-20 reverse stock split take effect?
NEXGEL’s 1-for-20 reverse stock split took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on October 12, 2026. Split-adjusted trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market begins at the opening of trading that day.