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

On May 2, 2023 Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing announced today that it received a written notice (the “Notification Letter”) from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on April 27, 2023 indicating that the Fund is not in compliance with the $1.00 closing bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).  The Company's press release issued May 2, 2023 is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial statements:

None

(b) Pro forma financial information:

None

(c) Shell company transactions:

None

(d) Exhibits
           

99.1           Press Release dated May 2, 2023.

SIGNATURE      

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.