Ashford (NYSE:AINC) on Tuesday said its board of directors approved a plan to terminate registration of its common stock, following the completion of a proposed reverse stock split transaction, and to remove its shares from trading on the NYSE American.
THE the company expects the plan to launch in the summer of 2024.
Ashford said it is taking these steps to avoid the substantial costs and expenses of being a public reporting company and expected savings in excess of $2.5 million on an annualized basis as a result of this transaction.
The proposed stock split is a 1-for-10,000 stock split, in which holders of fewer than 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in any account immediately prior to the stock split would be cashed out $5.00 for each pre-reverse stock split. share.
That price represents a 125.2% premium to the closing price of the common stock on April 1, Ashford said.