On March 24, 2008, Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) received written notification (the Notice) from The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) that the Company fails to comply with the minimum stockholders equity, market value and net income requirements for continued listing set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3) (the Rule) because the Companys stockholders equity is below the Nasdaq minimum stockholders equity listing requirement of $2,500,000, the market value of the Companys listed securities is below the Nasdaq minimum market value listing requirement of $35,000,000 and the Companys net income from continuing operations is below the Nasdaq minimum net income listing requirement of $500,000. The Company has until April 15, 2008 to provide Nasdaq with a specific plan to achieve and sustain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market listing requirements, including the time frame for completion of such plan. The Notice states that if the Nasdaq staff determines that the Companys plan does not adequately address the issues noted above, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notice that the Companys securities will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal the staffs determination to delist its securities to a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel.
A copy of the press release announcing receipt of the Notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report of Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
|
(d) |
Exhibits |
|
Exhibit Number |
|
Description |
|
99.1 |
|
Press release dated March 26, 2008. |
-2-
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.
|
|
|
|
VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
|
Date: March 26, 2008 |
|
By: |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
Name: |
Howard B. Johnson |
|
|
|
|
|
Title: |
President and Chief Financial Officer |
-3-
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
|
99.1 |
|
Press release dated March 26, 2008. |
-4-


