Fraud-hit Luckin Coffee Shares To Be Suspended From Nasdaq
China’s Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK) announced on Friday that
it has withdrawn its hearing request to the Nasdaq’s Board of Directors and
will suspend the trading of its shares at the open of business on June 29,
2020.
The Beijing-based coffee company and main rival to Starbucks
in Mainland China notified the NASDAQ’s Listing Qualifications Staff on
Wednesday that it was giving up plans to appeal the delisting decision, the
company announced on its website on Friday. The company initially requested an
oral hearing last month after the Nasdaq informed the company of its plans to
delist the shares in a May 15 notice.
Luckin Coffee also announced that the Board of the Company
is moving to force out Charles Zhengyao Lu as director and chairman. A board
meeting will be held on July 2, 2020 to consider the proposal to remove Lu, the
company said on Friday. The proposal was requested by the majority of the
board’s directors and based on findings and recommendations presented by a
special committee.
Luckin said on Saturday that despite its delisting from the
Nasdaq, more than 4,000 of its domestic stores in China will continue their
normal operations.
“30,000 of Luckin’s employees will continue to provide
customers with quality products and services,” Luckin said on its Weibo
account. “We sincerely thank the consumers for their support, and once again,
we apologize for the negative impact it brought to society.”
Shares of Luckin plunged more than 50% to about $1.40 on
Friday, giving the stock a market value of 348 million US dollars.
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