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D-Wave Quantum Shares Crater (Down 90% in 6 Months), Company Receives 'Notice of Non-Compliance' with NYSE Trading Share Price Listing Rule
Friday, March 24, 2023Company Profile | Follow Company
Burnaby, BC, March 24, 2023--(T-Net)--D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and service, and the only commercial provider building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers, is having a rough go lately on public markets.
The company's shares, which began trading originally at $10/share in August 2022 following a SPAC business combination, are now down roughly 90% to just $0.51/share (and down roughly 40% in the past month alone), triggering a notice from the NY Stock Exchange (NYSE) that it is not in compliance with Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because, as of March 15, 2023, the average closing price of the Company's common stock was less than $1.00 over a consecutive 30 trading-day period.
The company's market cap has also fallen significantly now to approximately US $59 million (as of market closing on March 23, 2023), which we can't help but wonder if this might not make the company a more attractive possible target for other potential acquirers.
The company is set to release quarterly earnings for the fourth quarter next week (on Thursday March 30th), after reporting a net loss of $37.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 on revenue of just $4.8 million, in its prior Q3 release.
The company noted in a release that the share price non-compliance notice received does not result in the immediate delisting of the Company's common stock from the NYSE.
On March 20, 2023, the Company notified the NYSE that it intends to cure the stock price deficiency and to return to compliance with the NYSE continued listing standard.
The Company can regain compliance at any time within the six-month period following receipt of the NYSE notice if on the last trading day of any calendar month during the cure period the Company has a closing share price of at least $1.00 and an average closing share price of at least $1.00 over the 30 trading-day period ending on the last trading day of that month.
Under the NYSE's rules, if the Company determines that, if necessary, it will cure the stock price deficiency by taking an action that will require stockholder approval, it must so inform the NYSE in the above referenced notification and the price condition will be deemed cured if the price promptly exceeds $1.00 per share, and the price remains above that level for at least the following 30 trading days.
The Company intends to consider available alternatives, including but not limited to a reverse stock split, that are subject to shareholder approval.
The Company's common stock will continue to be listed and trade on the NYSE during this period, subject to the Company's compliance with other NYSE continued listing standards.
About D-Wave Quantum Inc.
D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services, and is the world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers—and the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers.
Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefit business and society. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling.
D-Wave's technology is being used by some of the world's most advanced organizations, including Volkswagen, Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson Technologies, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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