Failure to Satisfy Listing Rule - Form 8-K

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

As previously reported, on September 7, 2023, Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"), received a written notice from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (the "Nasdaq") indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2), which requires the Company to maintain at least 400 total holders for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market (the "Minimum Total Holders Rule"). Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(B)(i), the maximum amount of time for the Company to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule is 180 days, or until March 5, 2024 (the "Extension Period").

On March 15, 2024, the Company submitted an application to transfer its securities to the Nasdaq Capital Market and paid $5,000 application fee. Nasdaq indicated that the Company does not currently meet the 300 public holder requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

On April 18, 2024, the Company received a notice (the "Notice") from Nasdaq indicating that the Company did not regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule during the Extension Period. Pursuant to the Notice, unless the Company requests a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel") by April 25, 2024, the Company's securities would be subject to suspension and delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market at the opening of business on April 29, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company's securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq.

The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel to appeal the Notice. The hearing request will stay the suspension of trading on the Company's securities, and the Company's securities will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market until the hearing process concludes and the Panel issues a written decision. There can be no assurance that the hearing before the Panel will be successful.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "assumes," "may," "should," "will," "seeks," or other similar expressions. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results to differ from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve such expectations, including being granted by Nasdaq or the Panel any relief from delisting as necessary, or ultimately meeting applicable Nasdaq requirements for any such relief. The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.