B. Riley Financial Receives Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter; Will Seek Hearing & Continued Listing

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: RILY) (the "Company") today announced that, on October 1, 2025, the Company received a Staff Determination Letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") based on the Company's non-compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the "Filing Rule"), as previously notified by the Staff on April 3, 2025, May 21, 2025, and August 20, 2025. The basis for the Staff Determination Letter is that the Company has not yet filed its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 (the "Delayed Reports"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

The Company filed its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the "2024 Form 10-K") on September 19, 2025 and is actively working towards the filing of the Delayed Reports to ensure full compliance with the Listing Rules.

The Staff Determination Letter noted that, after the Staff's review of the materials submitted by the Company on September 4, 2025 and September 19, 2025 (the "Updated Plan of Compliance"), it lacked the discretion within Nasdaq's rules to grant the Company a further exception beyond the September 29, 2025 deadline that was previously granted to regain compliance with the Filing Rule. The Staff Determination Letter has no immediate effect and will not immediately result in the suspension of trading or delisting of the Company's securities.