Intellipharmaceutics Receives Nasdaq Listing Determination; To Begin Trading on the OTC Markets System

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2019 / Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (Nasdaq and TSX: IPCI) (“Intellipharmaceutics” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs, announced that today the Company received formal notice that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel had determined to delist the Company’s shares from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) based upon the Company’s non-compliance with the $1.00 bid price requirement, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The suspension of trading on Nasdaq will take effect with the open of business on Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Intellipharmaceutics will remain a public company and anticipates that its shares will be eligible to trade publicly on the OTCQB Venture Market, which is operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc., commencing on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Company’s stock will retain the ticker symbol “IPCI.” The Company is also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Company’s non-compliance with Nasdaq’s bid price requirement does not impact the Company’s listing or trading status on that exchange.

The notice indicated that Nasdaq will ultimately effect the formal delisting of the Company’s shares by filing a Form 25 – Notification of Delisting with the Securities and Exchange Commission after all applicable Nasdaq appeal and review periods have expired. The Company does not intend to appeal the delisting determination.

About Intellipharmaceutics

Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs. The Company’s patented Hypermatrix^™ technology is a multidimensional controlled-release drug delivery platform that can be applied to a wide range of existing and new pharmaceuticals. Intellipharmaceutics has developed several drug delivery systems based on this technology platform, with a pipeline of products (some of which have received FDA approval) in various stages of development. The Company has ANDA and NDA 505(b)(2) drug product candidates in its development pipeline. These include the Company’s abuse-deterrent oxycodone hydrochloride extended release formulation (“Oxycodone ER”) based on its proprietary nPODDDS^™ novel Point Of Divergence Drug Delivery System (for which an NDA has been filed with the FDA), and Regabatin^™ XR (pregabalin extended-release capsules).

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements in this document constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and/or “forward-looking information” under the Securities Act (Ontario). These statements include, without limitation, statements expressed or implied regarding our expectations regarding our plans, goals and milestones, status of developments or expenditures relating to our business, plans to fund our current activities, and statements concerning our partnering activities, health regulatory submissions, strategy, future operations, future financial position, future sales, revenues and profitability, projected costs and market penetration, risks or uncertainties related to our ability to comply with the TSX continued listing standards and the expectations of trading on the OTCQB, the impact that the delisting from Nasdaq might have on the liquidity and the price of our common shares and business operations, and our ability to regain listing of our common shares on Nasdaq or another national stock exchange in the future, if we decide to do so, and if so, whether we would meet applicable initial listing requirements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “appear”, “unlikely”, “target”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “plans to”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “confident”, “prospects”, “potential”, “continue”, “intends”, “look forward”, “could”, “would”, “projected”, “goals”,
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CONTACT INFORMATION

Company Contact:
Intellipharmaceutics International Inc.
Greg Powell
Chief Financial Officer
416.798.3001 ext. 106
investors@intellipharmaceutics.com

Investor Contact:
PCG Advisory
Kirin Smith
646.863.6519
ksmith@pcgadvisory.com

SOURCE: Intellipharmaceutics International Inc.

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