UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 27, 2018 (December 19, 2018)


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Cool Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-32217

Maryland

33-0599368

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

48 NW 25th Street, Suite 108

Miami, FL 33127
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(786) 675-5246
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

(a)  On December 16, 2018, Aaron Serruya, a director of Cool Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") resigned as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Serruya was a member of the Company's Audit Committee at the time of his resignation. Mr. Serruya’s resignation reduced the number of directors currently serving on the Company's Audit Committee to two, rendering the Company noncompliant with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(c)(2) of the listing rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"), which requires that the Audit Committee of a Nasdaq-listed company have at least three members, each meeting independence and certain other criteria.

 

On December 19, 2018, the Company advised Nasdaq of Mr. Serruya’s resignation, its consequences with regard to compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(c)(2) and the Company's intention to regain compliance in a timely manner.

 

On December 26, 2018, Nasdaq issued a letter to the Company confirming the Company’s noncompliance with Listing Rule 5605 and announcing that, consistent with Listing Rules 5605(b)(1)(A) and 5605(c)(4), it would provide the Registrant a cure period in order to regain compliance as follows:

 

In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(c)(4), the Company has an automatic cure period in order to regain compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(c)(2). The Company expects to regain compliance with such rule by filling Mr. Serruya’s vacancy on the Audit Committee with a new independent director who satisfies the applicable requirements of the Nasdaq Listing Rules prior to the expiration of the cure period provided under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605.

 

(b)  The information set forth under Item 3.01(a) of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01(b).

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  Cool Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 27, 2018

By:

/s/ Alfredo Carrasco

 

 

 

Alfredo Carrasco

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer