On March 11, 2022 AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. ("AnPac Bio," the "Company" or "we") (ANPC), a biotechnology company with operations in the United States and China focused on early cancer screening and detection, reported that on March 8, 2022, it received a written notice (the "Notice") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of US$1.00 per share under the Nasdaq Listing Rules (the "Listing Rules") (Press release, Anpac Bio, MAR 11, 2022, View Source [SID1234609994]). Based on the closing bid price of the Company’s listed securities for the last 30 consecutive business days from January 24, 2022 to March 7, 2022, the Company has failed to meet the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) during that period. The Notice is only a notification of deficiency. It is not a notice of imminent delisting, and it has no current immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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The Notice states that under Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) the Company is provided with a period of 180 calendar days, or September 5, 2022, to regain compliance with the Listing Rules. To regain compliance with the Listing Rules, the Company’s listed securities price must be at least US$1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by September 5, 2022, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance or may face delisting.

As previously announced, the Company has a separate Nasdaq Global Market deficiency in the requirement that it maintain a minimum Market Value of Listed Securities ("MVLS") of US$50 million. The Company has until March 23, 2022 to regain compliance with the MVLS requirement. Also as previously announced, the Company has a separate Nasdaq Global Market deficiency in the requirement that it maintain a minimum Market Value of Public Held Shares ("MVPHS") of US$15 million. The Company has until July 18, 2022 to regain compliance with the MVPHS requirement. Resolving any of the minimum bid price deficiency, MVPHS deficiency and MVLS deficiency will not resolve any of the other deficiencies. In addition, although the Company may be eligible for a further extension of up to 180 calendar days to return to compliance with continued listing requirements, such extensions are contingent on the absence of any other deficiencies.

The Company intends to continue to monitor the closing bid price of its ordinary shares between now and September 5, 2022, and to evaluate its available options to regain compliance within the compliance period. The Company fully intends to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the Listing Rules.