A KOSDAQ Listing Now Ends on a Number the Company Never Files
Every continued-listing regime has to pick a variable. The choice looks technical and is not. It decides who produces the evidence that ends a listing, and therefore how much time sits between that evidence and the exit. Korea has moved that variable decisively toward price. The minimum market capitalisation for continued KOSDAQ listing was raised from KRW 4.0bn to KRW 15bn early in 2026, then to KRW 20bn from July. A separate rule, also effective July, targets shares trading below KRW 1,000. Both are measured the same way: thirty trading days below the line brings designation as a management issue, and the company must then hold above the line for 45 consecutive trading days inside a 90-day window to avoid a delisting decision. The counts, as reported on 25 September 2026 Between 12 August and that date, 17 KOSDAQ issuers were designated on the market-capitalisation test. Eight KOSDAQ issuers, excluding SPACs, have had delisting decided this year on that test — none in the fi...