GRI Bio Announces Reverse Stock Split

GRI’s common stock is expected to begin trading on a post-split adjusted basis on January 30, 2024

LA JOLLA, CA, Jan. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GRI Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRI) (“GRI Bio” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company advancing an innovative pipeline of Natural Killer T (“NKT”) cell modulators for the treatment of inflammatory, fibrotic and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the board of directors of the Company approved a 1-for-7 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the Company’s common stock. The Reverse Split was approved by the stockholders of the Company at a special meeting of the Company held on January 19, 2024. The Reverse Split will legally take effect at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time, on January 29, 2023. The Company’s common stock will open for trading under a new CUSIP number 3622AW 205 on The Nasdaq Capital Market on January 30, 2024, on a split-adjusted basis under the current ticker symbol “GRI.” The Reverse Split is intended to increase the per share trading price of the Company’s common stock to enable the Company to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

The 1-for-7 Reverse Split will automatically convert every 7 current shares of the Company’s common stock into one share of common stock. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders who would otherwise hold a fractional share of the Company’s common stock following the reverse stock split will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof at a price equal to that fractional share to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing sale price of the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, as adjusted for the reverse stock split, on January 29, 2024.

The reverse split will reduce the number of shares of outstanding common stock from approximately 4,520,233 shares, the number of shares outstanding as of January 22, 2024, to approximately 645,736 shares. The total authorized number of shares will not be reduced. Proportional adjustments will also be made to the exercise and conversion prices of the Company’s outstanding stock options, warrants, and convertible securities, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans.