NASDAQ requirements straight from the horse's mout

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5550. Continued Listing of Primary Equity Securities
A Company that has its Primary Equity Security listed on the Capital Market must continue to meet all of the requirements set forth in Rule 5550(a) and at least one of the Standards set forth in Rule 5550(b). Failure to meet any of the continued listing requirements will be processed in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Rule 5800 Series.

(a) Continued Listing Requirements for Primary Equity Securities:

(1) At least two registered and active Market Makers, one of which may be a Market Maker entering a stabilizing bid;

(2) Minimum bid price of at least $1 per share;

(3) At least 300 Public Holders;

(4) At least 500,000 Publicly Held Shares; and

(5) Market Value of Publicly Held Shares of at least $1 million.

(b) Continued Listing Standards for Primary Equity Securities:

(1) Equity Standard: Stockholders' equity of at least $2.5 million;

(2) Market Value of Listed Securities Standard: Market Value of Listed Securities of at least $35 million; or

(3) Net Income Standard: Net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the three most recently completed fiscal years.

Adopted March 12, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-018); amended June 16, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-052).

5555. Continued Listing Requirements for Preferred Stock and Secondary Classes of Common Stock
(a) When the Primary Equity Security is listed on the Capital Market or is a Covered Security, a Company's preferred stock or secondary class of common stock must meet all of the requirements in (1) through (5) below in order to be listed. Failure to meet any of the continued listing requirements will be processed in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Rule 5800 Series.

(1) Minimum bid price of at least $1 per share;

(2) At least 100 Public Holders;

(3) At least 100,000 Publicly Held Shares;

(4) Market Value of Publicly Held Shares of at least $1 million; and

(5) At least two registered and active Market Makers, one of which may be a Market Maker entering a stabilizing bid.

(b) In the event the Company's Primary Equity Security is not listed on the Capital Market or is not a Covered Security, the preferred stock and/or secondary class of common stock may be listed on the Capital Market so long as the security satisfies the continued listing criteria for Primary Equity Securities set forth in Rule 5550.

Adopted March 12, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-018).

5560. Continued Listing Requirements for Rights, Warrants, and Convertible Debt
(a) For rights, warrants, and put warrants (that is, instruments that grant the holder the right to sell to the issuing company a specified number of shares of the Company's common stock, at a specified price until a specified period of time), the underlying security must remain listed on Nasdaq or be a Covered Security, and there must be at least two registered and active Market Makers, one of which may be a Market Maker entering a stabilizing bid.

(b) A convertible debt security must meet the following requirements for continued listing:

(1) A principal amount outstanding of at least $5 million;

(2) At least two registered and active Market Makers, one of which may be a Market Maker entering a stabilizing bid; and

(3) Current last sale information must be available in the United States with respect to the underlying security into which the bond or debenture is convertible.

Adopted March 12, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-018).

5565. Continued Listing Requirements for Subscription Receipts
Subscription Receipts must meet all of the requirements in paragraphs (a) through (e) below in order to remain listed. Failure to meet any of the continued listing requirements will be processed in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Rule 5800 Series.

(a) At least 100,000 Publicly Held Shares;

(b) At least 100 Public Holders;

(c) At least $15 million Market Value of Listed Securities for the Subscription Receipts over 30 consecutive trading days;

(d) the common equity security that the Subscription Receipt is exchangeable for must remain listed on Nasdaq and not have received a Staff Delisting Determination with respect to the security such Subscription Receipt is exchangeable for; and

(e) the Company must not have announced that the Specified Acquisition (as defined in Rule 5520) has been terminated.

Adopted Aug. 3, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-059), operative Sept. 3, 2018.

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Roman Ansari
, Investment Banker, Wealth Management
Answered January 29, 2014
It generally takes 4-6 weeks to process a listing application. This time frame is variable and may be shortened considerably, if the application raises no issues and the company responds to staff comments.
Week 1. Company submits application for listing and NASDAQ listing Qualifications staff begins its review.
Week 2-3. Staff completes its preliminary review and prepares comment letter.Week 3-4. Company addresses any issues raised by staff.
Week 5-6. Staff completes their review and company is approved for listing.

NASDAQ won't allow just any company to be traded on its exchange. Only companies with a solid history and top-notch management behind them are considered. NASDAQ has three sets of listing requirements. Each company must meet at least one of the three requirement sets, as well as the main rules for all companies.
Listing Standard No. 1The company must have aggregate pre-tax earnings in the prior three years of at least $11 million, in the prior two years at least $2.2 million, and no one year in the prior three years can have a net loss.
Listing Standard No. 2The company must have a minimum aggregate cash flow of at least $27.5 million for the past three fiscal years, with no negative cash flow in any of those three years. In addition, its average market capitalization over the prior 12 months must be at least $550 million, and revenues in the previous fiscal year must be $110 million, minimum.
Listing Standard No. 3Companies can be removed from the cash flowrequirement of Standard No. 2 if the average market capitalization over the past 12 months is at least $850 million, andrevenuesover the prior fiscal year are at least $90 million.

After getting delisted due to bankruptcy it may take a company a minimum of 180 days however there are exceptions and loopholes. I have successfully re-listed a company in 8 weeks after bankruptcy was discharged.

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