IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL), a leading provider of online consumer purchase requests and marketing resources to the automotive industry, announced today that NASDAQ, by letter dated March 15, 2012, has granted the Company’s request for an additional 180 days in which to satisfy the minimum closing bid price requirement of $1.00 per share.
In addition, Autobytel received the approval of the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Staff to transfer the listing of its common stock from The NASDAQ Global Market tier to The NASDAQ Capital Market tier, where it will commence trading March 19, 2012. The Company’s stock will continue to trade under the symbol ABTL.
The additional 180 day period will expire on September 10, 2012. The Staff’s determination to grant the additional 180-day period was based on Autobytel meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other applicable requirements for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum closing bid price requirement, and the Company’s written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
About Autobytel Inc. (www.autobytel.com)
Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL),
an online leader offering consumer purchase requests and marketing
resources to car dealers and manufacturers and providing consumers with
the information they need to purchase new and used cars, pioneered the
automotive internet when it launched Autobytel.com in 1995. Autobytel
continues to offer innovative products and services to help consumers
buy, and auto dealers and manufacturers sell, more used and new cars.
Autobytel has helped tens of millions of automotive consumers research
vehicles; connected thousands of dealers nationwide with motivated car
buyers; and helped every major automaker market its brand online.
Through its flagship website Autobytel.com®, its network of automotive
sites and its respected online affiliates, Autobytel continues its
dedication to innovating the industry's highest quality internet
programs to provide consumers with a comprehensive and positive
automotive research and purchasing experience, and auto dealers, dealer
groups and auto manufacturers with one of the industry's most productive
and cost-effective customer referral and marketing programs. For more
information, please visit www.autobytel.com.
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