Form 8-K - Current report

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): August 26, 2024

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LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

000-52008

54-1560050

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

301 1st Street SW,

Suite 200

24011

Roanoke,

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (540) 769-8400

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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, $0.001 par value per share

LUNA

Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 August 20, 2024, Luna Innovations Incorporated (the “Company”) received a delinquency notification letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that because the Company has not yet filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 (the “Q2 2024 Form 10-Q”) and because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (the “Q1 2024 Form 10-Q”) and its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the ”2023 Form 10-K”), the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Rule”), which requires listed companies to timely file all periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). As previously announced, the Company received earlier notices of non-compliance with respect to the Rule on May 17, 2024 and April 2, 2024 because it had not yet filed its Q1 2024 Form 10-Q and 2023 Form 10-K, respectively.

The Company previously submitted a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules to Nasdaq in connection with the earlier notice of non-compliance from Nasdaq. In response, Nasdaq granted the Company an extension until September 11, 2024 to regain compliance. However, as a result of the additional delinquency, the Company must submit an update to its original plan to regain compliance.

The Notice provides that the Company has until September 4, 2024 to submit to Nasdaq the updated plan to regain compliance with the Rule. If Nasdaq accepts the plan, Nasdaq may grant the Company an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the due date of the 2023 Form 10-K, or until September 30, 2024, to regain compliance. The Company may be able to regain compliance with the Rule by filing the 2023 Form 10-K, Q1 2024 Form 10-Q and Q2 2024 Form 10-Q with the SEC (and any other reports required to be filed) before the end of any such exception period. If the Company fails to regain compliance prior to the expiration of any such exception period or if Nasdaq does not accept the plan of compliance, Nasdaq will issue a determination indicating that the Company is subject to delisting. If that occurs, the Company may request a hearing before a Hearing Panel to review the determination. However, there can be no assurance that the Hearing Panel will ultimately accept such plan or grant an exception period, that any hearing would be successful, or that the Company will be able to regain compliance within the deadline or any exception period that may be granted or maintain compliance with the other continued listing requirements set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 26, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the Company’s receipt of the Notice. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Forward-Looking Statements

This current report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and other securities law. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Words and phrases such as “anticipated,” “forward,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “may,” “remain,” “potential,” “prepare,” “expected,” “believe,” “plan,” “and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the Company’s SEC filings and the timing thereof, the potential submission of a plan to Nasdaq and the potential for Nasdaq to accept such plan or grant the Company an exception period or the success of any hearing process, and the Company’s ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing standards. All of such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the completion of the review and preparation of the Company’s financial statements and the timing thereof, the discovery of additional information, further delays in the Company’s financial reporting, including as a result of unanticipated factors, the possibility that the Company is unable to regain compliance with, or thereafter continue to comply with, the Nasdaq Listing Rules, or experience violations of additional Nasdaq Listing Rules, the possibility that the Nasdaq may delist the Company’s securities and the risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as well as subsequent filings with the SEC. The Company does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements contained in this current report on Form 8-K speak only as of the date on which they were made. Except to the extent required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit						Description

99.1						Press Release dated August 26, 2024
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.


			Luna Innovations Incorporated
			By: /s/ Ryan Stewart
			Name: Ryan Stewart
			Title: SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: August 26, 2024

Luna Innovations Announces Receipt of Additional Notice from Nasdaq Regarding Late Filing of Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

ROANOKE, VA, (August 26, 2024) – Luna Innovations Incorporated (Nasdaq: LUNA) (the “Company”), a global leader in advanced fiber optic-based technology, today announced that it has received a written notice (the “Notice”) on August 20, 2024, from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that because the Company has not yet filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 (the “Q2 2024 Form 10-Q”) and because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (the “Q1 2024 Form 10-Q”) and its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K”), it is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Rule”), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). As previously announced, the Company received earlier notices of non-compliance with respect to the Rule on May 17, 2024 and April 2, 2024 because it had not yet filed its Q1 2024 Form 10-Q and 2023 Form 10-K, respectively.

This Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq. However, if the Company fails to timely regain compliance with the Rule, the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting from Nasdaq.

The Company previously submitted a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules to Nasdaq in connection with an earlier notice of non-compliance from Nasdaq. In response, Nasdaq granted the Company an extension until September 11, 2024 to regain compliance. However, as a result of the additional delinquency, the Company must submit an update to its original plan to regain compliance by September 4, 2024. If Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 days, or until September 30, 2024, from the prescribed due date for filing the 2023 Form 10-K to regain compliance. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company’s plan, then the Company will have the opportunity to appeal that decision to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

The Company is working diligently to complete its delinquent filings and will provide an update once more information is available.

About Luna

Luna Innovations Incorporated (www.lunainc.com) is a leader in optical technology, providing unique capabilities in high-performance, fiber optic-based, test products for the telecommunications industry and distributed fiber optic-based sensing for a multitude of industries. Luna’s business model is designed to accelerate the process of bringing new and innovative technologies to market.

Forward-Looking Statement

The statements in this release that are not historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that

involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include the expected timing of the Company’s filing of its 2023 Form 10-K, Q1 2024 Form 10-Q and Q2 2024 Form 10-Q, the potential submission of an updated plan to Nasdaq and the potential for Nasdaq to accept such plan or grant the Company an exception period or the success of any hearing process, and the Company’s ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing standards. Management cautions the reader that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to a number of both known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and actual results, performance, and/or achievements of Luna may differ materially from the future results, performance, and/or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. These factors include, without limitation, the investigation being overseen by the Special Committee of the Board is still ongoing, the determinations with respect to the degree of transactions and relevant financial reporting periods implicated thereby, the resulting effects on the Company’s reported financial results and the delay in the Company’s reporting of its financial results and filing of its 2023 Form 10-K, Q1 2024 Form 10-Q and Q2 2024 Form 10-Q with the SEC, the possibility that the Company is unable to regain compliance with, or thereafter continue to comply with, the Nasdaq Listing Rules, or experience violations of additional Nasdaq Listing Rules, the possibility that the Nasdaq may delist the Company’s securities, as well as the other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as well as in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on Luna’s website at www.lunainc.com. The statements made in this release are based on information available to Luna as of the date of this release and Luna undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

Investor Contact:

Allison Woody

Luna Innovations Incorporated

Phone: 540.769.8465

Email: woodya@lunainc.com

Cover Document	Aug. 26, 2024	Jun. 13, 2024
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