** Shares of autonomous vehicle technology company TuSimple
Holdings TSP.O slump ~35% to $0.46 premarket
** TSP says it will delist from Nasdaq after a Special
Committee concluded delisting and deregistering the stock is in
the best interests of TSP and its stockholders
** TuSimple went public in April 2021 at $40 per share, at a
market capitalization of about $8.5 billion
** "Since TuSimple's initial public offering in 2021, there
has been a significant shift in capital markets, due in part to
rising interest rates and quantitative tightening, that has
changed investor sentiment for pre-commercialization technology
growth companies" - TuSimple
** TSP also expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC on or
about Feb. 8, 2024 to delist, co added
** TSP has fallen 98.2% since going public and dropped 46.5%
in 2023
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru)
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