Meiwu Technology Company Limited Announces 1 for 20 Reverse Share Split
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Meiwu Technology Company (NASDAQ: WNW) has announced a 1-for-20 reverse share split of its ordinary shares, approved by the Board of Directors on March 5, 2025. The split will take effect on April 1, 2025, reducing the outstanding shares from approximately 63.3 million to 3.2 million.
Under this arrangement, shareholders will receive one new ordinary share for every twenty shares held. While the split is expected to increase the trading price to approximately twenty times the pre-split price, the company cannot guarantee maintaining this price ratio or exceeding pre-split trading levels.
The reverse split will proportionally adjust the company's outstanding stock options and restricted shares, with fractional shares being rounded up to the nearest whole share. Shareholders holding shares electronically in book-entry form need not take action, while those holding physical certificates will receive new ones through TranShare
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- Reverse stock split could signal company's struggle to maintain NASDAQ listing requirements
- No guarantee that post-split share price will maintain the 20x multiple or stay above pre-split levels
Insights
Meiwu Technology's announcement of a 1-for-20 reverse stock split represents a significant structural change that warrants investor attention. With the current share price at
This aggressive consolidation ratio is notably steep compared to typical reverse splits (often 1-for-2 to 1-for-10). While the company doesn't explicitly state the reason, reverse splits of this magnitude are typically implemented when companies need to boost their share price to maintain exchange listing requirements—NASDAQ generally requires stocks to maintain a
The reduction from 63.3 million to 3.2 million outstanding shares doesn't change the company's market capitalization (approximately
From a market perception standpoint, such dramatic reverse splits often signal underlying challenges. The micro-cap status and penny stock price suggest a company struggling to attract investor interest. Without accompanying positive fundamental news to support the split, historical patterns indicate these maneuvers frequently fail to create sustainable price improvements and can lead to renewed selling pressure.
SHENZHEN, China, March 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meiwu Technology Company Limited (NASDAQ: WNW) ("WNW" or the "Company"), announced today that an 1 for 20 reverse share split of its ordinary shares, no par value each, (the “Ordinary Shares”) was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 5, 2025. In connection with the reverse share split, the Company’s shareholders will receive one new Ordinary Share of the Company for every twenty Ordinary Shares they hold. The Company’s Ordinary Shares are expected to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis when the market opens on April 1, 2025.
The reverse share split is expected to lead the Company’s Ordinary Shares to trade at approximately twenty times the price per share at which the Ordinary Shares trade prior to the effectiveness of the reverse share split. The Company, however, cannot assure that the price of its Ordinary Shares after the reverse split will reflect the 1 for 20 reverse split ratio, that the price per share following the effective time of the reverse split will be maintained for any period of time, or that the price will remain above the pre-split trading price.
As of March 21, 2025, there were approximately 63.3 million of the Company’s Ordinary Shares outstanding. Effecting the 1 for 20 reverse split will reduce that amount to approximately 3.2 million. The reverse split will not change the number of the Company’s authorized shares.
Treatment of Stock Options and Restricted Shares
The number of Ordinary Shares into which the Company’s outstanding stock options and restricted shares as well as the options’ relevant exercise price per share will be proportionally adjusted to reflect the reverse split.
Fractional Shares
Any fractional shares that would have resulted because of the Reverse Split will be rounded up to the nearest whole share on the broker’s level.
New Ordinary Share Certificates
Certificates reflecting the new share number will be issued in due course as old share certificates are tendered for exchange or transfer to the Company’s transfer agent, TranShare Corporation (“TranShare”). Registered shareholders holding pre-split shares of the Company's Ordinary Shares electronically in book-entry form are not required to take any action to receive post-split shares. Shareholders who hold their shares through a securities broker or nominee (i.e., in “street name”) will be contacted by their brokers or nominees with any instructions. For more information, shareholders and securities brokers should contact TranShare at (303) 662-1112.
About Meiwu Technology Company Limited
Meiwu Technology Company Limited is a British Virgin Islands company incorporated on December 4, 2018. Meiwu implemented a strategic transition of its business from online sales of selected high-quality food products and short message service to the skincare industry, and currently engages in the sale of the functional skincare products through Xiamen Chunshang Health Technology Co., Ltd. (“Chunshang Xiamen”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Meiwu in China.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions, or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, are the ability to manage growth; ability to identify and integrate other future acquisitions; ability to obtain additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions; costs or other factors adversely affecting our profitability; litigation involving patents, intellectual property, and other matters; potential changes in the legislative and regulatory environment; a pandemic or epidemic. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release.
For more information, please contact:
Zhichao Yang
Email: meiwuBS@usmeiwu.com
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