Cybex regains Nasdaq compliance

On the heels of its lawsuit settlement and subsequent stock price surge, Cybex International (Nasdaq:CYBI) has regained compliance with the Nasdaq stock market.

The Medway, Mass.-based fitness equipment manufacturer previously faced possible delisting from the Nasdaq on the conditions that its stock price was below $1 per share and its stockholders’ equity was less than $10 million.

Cybex officials said both noncompliance issues were a direct result of the unfavorable $66 million lawsuit verdict it faced, which was recently settled for $19.5 million, reducing the financial burden on the company and allowing it to remain in business.

Investors cheered the settlement news, plus strong fourth-quarter 2011 earnings, sending Cybex’s stock price up 300 percent within the past month to $2.20 per share, helping the company regain compliance.

–David Clucas