Alternus Clean Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ALCE) ("Alternus"), a leading utility-scale transatlantic, clean energy independent power producer (IPP), today announced that it will effect a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of its common stock. The reverse stock split will become effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 11, 2024, and the Company's common stock will commence trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on a post-split basis at the opening of the market on October 11, 2024, pending confirmation by the Depository Trust Company and the Nasdaq. The Company's common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the Company's existing trading symbol, "ALCE," and a new CUSIP number 02157G 200 has been assigned as a result of the reverse stock split.
The Company expects that the reverse stock split, which was approved by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 26, 2024, will increase the price per share of the Company's common stock, and is part of the Company's strategy to regain compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market.
At the effective time of the reverse stock split, each twenty-five (25) shares of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock will be automatically converted into one (1) issued and outstanding share of common stock without any change in the par value of $0.0001 per share or the total number of authorized shares. The reverse stock split will reduce the Company's number of shares outstanding common stock from approximately 87,288,070 shares to approximately 3,491,522 shares. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split, and stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof.