** Shares of Sonnet BioTherapeutics SONN.O jump ~20% to 28
cents before the bell
** Cancer-focused biotech announces 1-for-14 reverse stock
split of its common stock, effective Sept 19 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN30N0LA
** Adds that reverse stock split is intended to increase
SONN's trading price to satisfy $1 minimum bid price requirement
for continued listing on Nasdaq
** As of last close, SONN down ~45% YTD
(Reporting by Bhanvi Satija in Bengaluru)
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