UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 21, 2019 (November 18, 2019)

SUMMIT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(408) 627-4716

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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On November 18, 2019, Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notification (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), because, based on the reported total stockholders’ equity in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, the Company did not have a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity for continued listing on Nasdaq (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”). Specifically, the Company’s total stockholders’ equity as of the quarter ended September 30, 2019 was approximately $907,000, or approximately $1,593,000 less than the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. The Company is required to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement for consideration by the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications staff (the “Staff”) by no later than January 2, 2020.

The Company intends to timely submit a compliance plan for the Staff’s review. If the Staff accepts the plan, the Staff may grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice (the “Extension Period”) to evidence compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. If the Staff does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company may request a hearing, at which hearing it would present its plan to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel and request the continued listing of its securities on Nasdaq pursuant to and pending the completion of such plan. During the pendency of the hearing process, the Company’s securities would continue to be listed on Nasdaq.

The Company anticipates regaining compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement during the Extension Period. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfy the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement or will otherwise be in compliance with other Nasdaq listing criteria. The Company will consider available options to resolve the Company’s non-compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, as may be necessary.

If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), including any extensions that may be granted by Nasdaq, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), will be subject to delisting.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are characterized by future or conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue” and similar words. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The Company does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements as circumstances change, except as required by securities laws. There can be no assurance that the Staff will accept the Company’s compliance plan, that the Company will be granted any hearing by Nasdaq, that following any such hearing, that Nasdaq will determine to continue to allow the listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq or that the Company will be able to evidence compliance with the applicable Nasdaq listing criteria within the period of time, if any, that may be granted by Nasdaq.

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.