** Shares of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc ACRX.O fall ~24%
to $3.20 premarket
** Co late on Tuesday announces 1-for-20 reverse stock split
of its common stock urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn7CPLqla
** Reverse stock split intended to enable AcelRx to regain
compliance with minimum bid price required for continued listing
on the Nasdaq Global Market - ACRX
** Stock to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on
market open today
** Reverse share split to reduce number of shares of
AcelRx's common stock outstanding from ~147.3 mln to ~7.4 mln
** As of last close, stock had lost ~98% YTD
(Reporting by Raghav Mahobe)
((Raghav.Mahobe@thomsonreuters.com;))