Form 8-K - Current report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 24, 2024

TC Biopharm (Holdings) PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Scotland		001-41231		N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Maxim 1, 2 Parklands Way, Holytown, Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom		ML1 4WR
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +44 (0) 141 433 7557

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares, each representing twenty Ordinary Shares, nominal value £0.0001 per share	TCBP	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary Shares, nominal value £0.0001 per share*	N/A	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants	TCBPW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing of the American Depositary Shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 20, 2024 (the “May 20 8-K’), on May 15, 2024, TC Biopharm (Holdings) PLC (the “Company”) filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (the “Form 10-Q”). As noted in the Form 10-Q, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market because its stockholders’ equity was below the required minimum of $2.5 million (the “Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”) at March 31, 2024. As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 8, 2024, on May 6, 2024, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “Inducement Letter”) with certain holders (the “Holders”) of existing Series E warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase ordinary shares represented by american depositary shares (the “ADSs”) of the Company. Pursuant to the Inducement Letter, the Holders agreed to exercise for cash their Existing Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,750,000 ADSs of the Company for cash and the payment of £0.099625 (US$0.125) per new warrant in consideration for the Company’s agreement to issue new Series F warrants to purchase ordinary shares represented by ADSs (the “New Warrants”) to purchase up to 70,000,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares represented by 3,500,000 ADSs (the “New Warrant ADSs”). On May 8, 2024, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately £3.1 million (circa $3.9m) from the exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Holders, prior to deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses. As a result, the Company believes that due to the exercise of the Existing Warrants it is now in compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement.

On May 24, 2024, the Company received written notification from the listing qualifications staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, as of March 31, 2024. This letter indicated that while Nasdaq estimates the Company is currently in compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement it notes that based on the historical burn rate, without a significant transaction, the Company will not be in compliance as of the next period ending June 30, 2024.

Since the Company was previously granted an exception to the Minimum Stockholders Equity Requirement by a Nasdaq Hearings Panel and subsequently regained compliance, it is subject to a Mandatory Panel Monitor in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(A).

The Company intends to request a hearing before a hearing panel at which it will request continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market since it has returned to compliance and expects to continue to do so. The Company’s hearing request will stay the suspension of trading and delisting of the Company’s ADSs and Warrants pending the conclusion of the hearing process. Consequently, the Company’s ADSs and Warrants will remain listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market at least until the hearing panel renders a decision following the hearing. There can be no assurance that the hearing panel will determine to continue the Company’s listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market or that the Company will timely evidence compliance with the terms of any extension that may be granted by the Nasdaq following the hearing.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 29, 2024
	TC BIOPHARM (HOLDINGS) PLC

	By:	/s/ Martin Thorp
		Martin Thorp
		Chief Financial Officer

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Cover	May 24, 2024
Document Type	8-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	May 24, 2024
Entity File Number	001-41231
Entity Registrant Name	TC Biopharm (Holdings) PLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001872812
Entity Address, Address Line One	Maxim 1
Entity Address, Address Line Two	2 Parklands Way
Entity Address, Address Line Three	Holytown
Entity Address, City or Town	Motherwell
Entity Address, Country	GB
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	ML1 4WR
City Area Code	+44 (0) 141
Local Phone Number	433 7557
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Elected Not To Use the Extended Transition Period	false
American Depositary Shares, each representing
Title of 12(b) Security	American Depositary Shares, each representing
Trading Symbol	TCBP
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Ordinary Shares, nominal value £0.0001 per share*
Title of 12(b) Security	Ordinary Shares, nominal value £0.0001 per share*
Trading Symbol	N/A
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Warrants
Title of 12(b) Security	Warrants
Trading Symbol	TCBPW
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ