Company: HSDTW
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-003007
Chunk: 55

Company: Solana Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 55
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 Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was provided a period of 180 calendar days in which to regain compliance, which expired on February 5, 2025.

The Board is asking the stockholders to grant it the authority, at its discretion, to effect a reverse stock split, which the Board believes is an effective way to increase the minimum bid price of our Common Stock proportionately by reducing the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and put us in a position to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Board further believes that the increased market price of our Common Stock expected as a result of implementing the reverse stock split may improve marketability and liquidity of our Common Stock and may encourage trading.

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In evaluating whether or not to recommend that stockholders authorize the reverse stock split, in addition to the considerations described above, the Board took into account various negative factors associated with a reverse stock split. These factors include: the negative perception of reverse stock splits held by some investors, analysts, and other stock market participants; the fact that the stock price of some companies that have effected reverse stock splits has subsequently declined, with a corresponding decline in market capitalization; the adverse effect on liquidity that might be caused by a reduced number of shares outstanding; and the costs associated with implementing a reverse stock split. Conversely, we believe the current low market price of our Common Stock impairs its acceptability to important segments of the institutional investor community and the investing public. Many investors look upon low-priced stock as unduly speculative in nature and, as a matter of policy, avoid investment in such stocks. We believe that the low market price of our Common Stock has reduced the effective marketability of our shares because of the reluctance of many brokerage firms to recommend low-priced stock to their clients. Further, a variety of brokerage house policies and practices tend to discourage individual brokers within those firms from dealing in low-priced stocks. Some of those policies and practices pertain to the payment of brokers’ commissions and to time-consuming procedures that function to make the handling of low-priced stocks unattractive to brokers from an economic standpoint. In addition, the structure of trading commissions also tends to have an adverse impact upon holders of low-priced stock because the brokerage commission on a sale of low-priced stock generally represents a higher percentage of the sales price than the commission on a relatively higher-priced issue. The Board believes that maintaining the listing of the Company’s Common Stock on Nasdaq is in the best interests of the Company and its