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): October 31, 2023

Comera Life Sciences Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 871-2101

Not Applicable

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

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:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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On October 31, 2023, Comera Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that the Company had not regained compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “bid price requirement”), as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) within the 180 calendar day period provided by Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) and that the Company is not eligible for a second 180 day period to regain compliance. The notice letter indicated that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel will consider this matter in their decision regarding the Company’s continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and that the Company should present its views with respect to this additional deficiency in writing no later than November 7, 2023.

As previously disclosed, the Company received a letter from the listing qualifications department staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market on November 18, 2022 notifying the Company that for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company’s minimum Market Value of Listed Securities (“MVLS”) was below the minimum of $35 million required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2). On August 8, 2023, the Nasdaq Hearings Panel granted the Company’s request for the continued listing of its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company’s satisfaction of certain interim milestones and, ultimately, the Company’s compliance with all applicable criteria for continued listing on Nasdaq, including the bid price requirement and the MVLS rule, by no later than November 14, 2023.

The Company believes it is unlikely to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5550(a)(2) and 5550(b) by November 14, 2023, and therefore, its securities may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market.

If the Company’s securities are delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company will continue to be a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In addition, the Company expects that its common stock will be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management and on information currently available to the Company’s management. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s efforts and ability to comply with all applicable criteria for continued listing on Nasdaq. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. The Company’s ability to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq, actual results and the timing of events could materially differ from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties including those described in more detail in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents on file with the SEC. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

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.