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): November 22, 2023

 

ZIVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Nevada

 

000-30415

 

87-0699977

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

21 East Long Lake Road, Suite 100,

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

 

48304

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (248) 452-9866

 

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

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

ZIVO

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market

Warrants to purchase shares of Common

Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

ZIVOW

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

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.

 

On November 22, 2023, the Company was notified by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that as a result of the Company’s previously disclosed noncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), Nasdaq has determined to delist the Company’s common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market and, accordingly, will suspend trading in the Company’s common stock effective at the open of business, on November 27, 2023. Nasdaq further indicated that it will file a Form 25 Notification of Delisting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

The Company has applied to have its common stock quoted on the OTC Markets’ OTCQB® market tier, an electronic quotation service operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. for eligible securities traded over-the-counter.  Pending approval, the Company expects that trading of the Company’s common stock will commence on the OTC Pink Sheets at the open of business on November 27, 2023 under its current trading symbol ZIVO.

 

The transition to the quotation of the Company’s common stock on the OTC Markets will have no effect on the Company’s business or operations. The Company will continue to file periodic and other required reports with the SEC under applicable federal securities laws that will be available on the SEC’s website, www.SEC.gov.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

ZIVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/ Keith Marchiando

 

 

Keith Marchiando

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: November 27, 2023

 

 

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