B. Riley Financial Announces Notification of Delinquency with Nasdaq
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B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) has received a delinquency notification from Nasdaq on April 3, 2025, for failing to comply with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to delayed filing of its 2024 Full Year Report (Form 10-K).
The company must submit a compliance plan by June 2, 2025 (within 60 days). If accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension until September 29, 2025 to regain compliance. While this notification does not immediately affect RILY's Nasdaq listing, the company has already released preliminary Q4 2024 financial results on March 3, 2025, and expects to file its Form 10-K before the plan submission deadline.
Positive
- Company has already released preliminary Q4 2024 financial results
- No immediate impact on Nasdaq listing status
- Company expects to file Form 10-K before compliance plan deadline
Negative
- Failure to timely file annual Form 10-K report indicates potential internal control or reporting issues
- Company currently non-compliant with Nasdaq listing requirements
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, RILY declined 4.23%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
The Nasdaq Listing Rule requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). This notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's securities on Nasdaq.
Nasdaq has informed the Company that it must submit a plan within 60 calendar days (or June 2, 2025) to address how it intends to regain compliance with Nasdaq's listing rules. If accepted, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the filing's due date, or until September 29, 2025, to regain compliance.
B. Riley previously released preliminary estimates of financial results for the three-month period ending December 31, 2024 on March 3, 2025. The Company expects to file its 2024 Form 10-K in advance of the Nasdaq deadline to submit a plan.
About B. Riley Financial
B. Riley Financial (BRF) is a diversified financial services company that delivers tailored solutions to meet the strategic, operational, and capital needs of its clients and partners. BRF leverages cross-platform expertise to provide clients with full service, collaborative solutions at every stage of the business life cycle. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, BRF provides end-to-end financial services across investment banking, institutional brokerage, private wealth and investment management, financial consulting, corporate restructuring, operations management, risk and compliance, due diligence, forensic accounting, litigation support, appraisal and valuation, auction, and liquidation services. BRF opportunistically invests to benefit its shareholders, and certain affiliates originate and underwrite senior secured loans for asset-rich companies. BRF refers to B. Riley Financial, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates. For more information, please visit www.brileyfin.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, our business, operating results, financial condition, and stock price could be materially negatively affected. You should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based on the information currently available to us and speak only as of today's date. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's performance or achievements to be materially different from any expected future results, performance, or achievements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Actual future results, performance or achievements may differ materially from historical results or those anticipated depending on a variety of factors, some of which are beyond the control of the Company, including, but not limited to, the risks described from time to time in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, the risks described in the Company's 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in B. Riley Financial's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2024 under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (as applicable). These factors should be considered carefully, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. All information is current as of the date this press release is issued, and the Company undertakes no duty to update this information.
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