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| Item 3.01. | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. |
On May 18, 2026, Palatin Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), acting pursuant to authorization from its Board of Directors, provided notice to the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE”) that it intends to voluntarily withdraw the listing of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “common stock”), from the NYSE and transfer the listing of its common stock to the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”). The Nasdaq has approved such listing. The Company expects the listing and trading of its common stock on the NYSE to cease at the close of trading on May 28, 2026. The Company expects the common stock to begin trading on the Nasdaq on May 29, 2026. The common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “PTN”.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
The Company issued a press release on May 18, 2026 announcing the transfer of the listing of its common stock from the NYSE to Nasdaq. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 18, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| Date: May 18, 2026 | PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
| /s/ Stephen T. Wills | |
| Stephen T. Wills, CPA, MST | |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
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