** Shares of medical equipment maker NVIV.O drop 14.9% to
$0.26 premarket
** Co late Thursday said the 1-for-25 reverse split was
intended to bring it into compliance with minimum bid price
requirements for maintaining Nasdaq Capital Market listing
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** Reverse stock split to be effective after markets close
on April 26
** NVIV anticipates it to reduce issued and outstanding
shares to ~1.4 mln from ~34.3 mln
** Stock last traded above $1 about a year ago
** NVIV has fallen over 34% since the start of the year
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru)
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