UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, ~~D.C.~~DC 20549

~~Form~~FORM 8-K

~~Current~~CURRENT ~~Report~~REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~January~~Date 5of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2022 (March 3, 2022)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact ~~name~~Name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in ~~its charter~~Charter)

British Virgin Islands		001-38715		N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Room 1001, 10/F, Capital Center 151 Gloucester Road Wanchai, Hong Kong		N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

British Virgin Islands

~~Registrant’s~~(State ~~telephone~~or ~~number,~~Other ~~including~~Jurisdiction ~~area code: +852~~of ~~2117 1621~~Incorporation)

001-38715		N/A
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Room 1001, 10/F, Capital Center 151 Gloucester Road Wanchai, Hong Kong		N/A
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

+852 2117 1621

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former ~~name~~Name or ~~former~~Former ~~address~~Address, if ~~changed~~Changed ~~since last~~Since ~~report~~Last Report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth Alberton as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one ordinary share, one redeemable warrant, and one right	ALACU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary shares, no par value	ALAC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one-half (1/2) of one ordinary share	ALACW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share	ALACR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On ~~January~~March 3, 2022, Alberton Acquisition ~~Corp.~~Corporation (the “Company”) received notice ~~from~~that the Nasdaq ~~Office~~Listing ofQualifications ~~General Counsel that a Nasdaq Hearings~~ Panel (the “Panel”) ~~had~~has granted the Company’s request tofor ~~continue~~continued ~~its~~ listing on The Nasdaq ~~through~~Capital ~~March~~Market 14pursuant to a further extension and subject to, ~~2022~~among (other things, the Company’s demonstration of compliance with all initial listing standards required by The Nasdaq Stock Market’s (“~~Extended~~Nasdaq”) ~~Date~~rules and consummation of the merger with SolarMax Technology, Inc. (“SolarMax”) by April 26, 2022.

As previously ~~reported~~disclosed, ~~the~~in ~~Company~~December ~~received~~2021, ~~notice~~the ~~from~~Company attended a hearing before the ~~Listing~~Panel, ~~Qualifications~~at ~~Department~~which ~~(“Staff”)~~it ofpresented ~~The~~its ~~Nasdaq~~plan ~~Stock~~to ~~Market~~regain ~~LLC~~compliance (“with Nasdaq”) ~~stating~~IM-5101-2, ~~that~~which ~~unless~~requires that a special purpose acquisition company must complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the ~~Company~~effectiveness ~~timely~~of ~~requested~~its initial apublic offering registration statement. Following the hearing, ~~before~~and as disclosed on January 5, 2022, the Panel, granted the Company’s request ~~securities~~to ~~(common~~continue ~~stock~~its listing on Nasdaq through the original March 14, ~~warrants~~2022. On February 28, ~~units~~2022, ~~and~~the ~~rights)~~Company ~~would~~submitted a request for beadditional ~~subject~~extension through April 26, 2022 because it needed additional time to ~~suspension~~prepare and ~~delisting~~include ~~from~~the ~~The~~audited ~~Nasdaq~~financial ~~Capital~~statements for ~~Market~~the ~~due~~year toended December 31, 2021 for the Company’s ~~non~~and SolarMax in the registration statement on Form S-~~compliance~~4 and the related proxy statement/prospectus in connection with ~~Nasdaq~~the ~~IM-5101-2~~merger, which ~~requires~~request ~~that~~was agranted ~~special~~by ~~purpose~~the ~~acquisition~~Panel ~~company~~on ~~must~~March ~~complete~~3, ~~one~~2022. orThe ~~more~~Panel ~~business~~stated ~~combinations~~that ~~within~~April 3626, ~~months~~2022 represents the full extent of the ~~effectiveness of~~Panel’s ~~its~~discretion ~~IPO~~to ~~registration~~grant ~~statement.~~continued ~~The~~listing while the Company ~~timely~~is ~~requested~~non-compliant. As a ~~hearing~~result, ~~before~~if the ~~Panel~~merger is not completed and the ~~hearing~~Company ~~was~~does ~~held~~not ondemonstrate ~~December~~compliance 16with the applicable Nasdaq listing requirements by April 26, ~~2021~~2022, the Panel will issue a final delist determination and the Company will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq.

~~The~~While ~~Panel’s~~the ~~decision~~Company is ~~subject~~working totoward ~~certain conditions,~~regaining ~~including~~compliance ~~that~~with ~~the~~all ~~Company~~applicable ~~will~~requirements ~~have~~for ~~completed~~continued ~~its~~listing ~~previously~~on ~~announced~~Nasdaq, ~~proposed~~there ~~business~~can ~~combination~~be ~~(the~~no ~~“Business~~assurance ~~Combination”) with~~that ~~SolarMax~~the ~~Technology,~~Company ~~Inc.~~will ~~(“SolarMax”)~~be onable orto demonstrate ~~before~~compliance by the ~~Extended~~deadlines ~~Date~~set ~~and~~forth above or that the ~~combined~~Panel ~~company~~ will ~~have~~grant ~~demonstrated compliance~~the ~~with~~Company ~~all~~an ~~applicable~~extension ~~requirements~~in ~~for~~the ~~initial~~event ~~listing~~compliance is onnot ~~Nasdaq~~timely achieved.

As previously announced, the Company has entered into a binding definitive agreement to merge with SolarMax. The Company filed its most recent amendment to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “S-4”) for the merger on December 13, 2021. The Company intends to mail the S-4 to shareholders promptly following completion of the Securities and Exchange Commission review process and to hold the shareholder meeting at which it will seek approval for the Business Combination as soon as possible. In the event that the Company does not complete the Business Combination by the Extended Date or fails to demonstrate compliance with the Nasdaq initial or continued listing rules, the Company’s securities would be subject to suspension on Nasdaq, absent an additional extension.

On January 5, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company has received notice from the Panel to continue its listing on Nasdaq through March 14, 2022 to complete the Business Combination. A copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) ~~The following exhibits are filed with this report.~~Exhibits

Exhibits Number 99.1 Press Release

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
99.1		Press release dated March 7, 2022
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Registrant~~registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Dated: January 5, 2022
	ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Guan Wang
		Name: Guan Wang Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 7, 2022

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:	/s/ Guan Wang
	Name: Title:	Guan Wang Chief Executive Officer

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