EATONTOWN, N.J., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE) announces today that on April 28, 2008, it received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter in response to its notification to Nasdaq that Robert W. Gunn, an independent director and a member of the Board of Directors' Audit and Compensation Committees, passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2008. As a result, Osteotech has only two independent directors serving on its Audit Committee and is not in compliance with the Audit Committee composition requirements for continued listing set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2)(A). Pursuant to Nasdaq's letter, Osteotech has until October 20, 2008 to regain compliance with the Audit Committee composition requirements or it will be subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market. Osteotech was expecting the letter it received from Nasdaq and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors is currently seeking to identify a suitable candidate for appointment to the Board of Directors who will satisfy the Nasdaq Marketplace requirements for serving on the Audit Committee. Osteotech anticipates that it will be able to identify and appoint a suitable candidate prior to October 20, 2008.
Osteotech, Inc., headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey, is a global leader in providing OsteoBiologic solutions for regenerative medicine to support surgeons and their patients in the repair of the musculoskeletal system through the development of innovative therapy-driven products that alleviate pain, promote biologic healing and restore function. For further information regarding Osteotech or this press release, please go to Osteotech's website at www.osteotech.com.
Certain statements made throughout this press release that are not historical facts contain forward-looking statements (as such are defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) regarding the Company's future plans, objectives and expected performance. Any such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable, but are subject to a wide range of risks and uncertainties and, therefore, there can be no assurance that actual results may not differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to develop and introduce new products, differences in anticipated and actual product and service introduction dates, the ultimate success of those products in the marketplace, the continued acceptance and growth of current products and services, the impact of competitive products and services, the availability of sufficient quantities of suitable donated tissue and the success of cost control and margin improvement efforts. Certain of these factors are detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this press release is as of May 2, 2008 and the Company does not intend to update this information.
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