Cara Therapeutics announces effective date of 1-for-12 reverse stock split

Cara Therapeutics (CARA) announced that a 1-for-12 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock and reduction in the total number of authorized shares of its common stock from 200,000,000 to 16,666,667 will be effective as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 30, 2024. The Company’s common stock will begin trading on a reverse stock split-adjusted basis at the opening of the market on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Following the reverse stock split, the Company’s common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “CARA” with the new CUSIP number, 140755 208. The reverse stock split is part of the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. At the effective time of the reverse split, every 12 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock will automatically be combined into one issued and outstanding share of the Company’s common stock without any change in the par value per share and the authorized shares of the Company’s common stock will reduce from 200,000,000 to 16,666,667.