The following is a company announcement issued by AST Group P.L.C., a company registered under the laws of Malta with company registration number C 66811 (the “Company”), pursuant to the rules of Prospects, a market regulated as a multi-lateral trading facility and operated by the Malta Stock Exchange.
Publication of Financial Information – Update
QUOTE
Further to the announcement issued by the Company on the 25th March 2021, the Company is hereby providing an update to its stakeholders and the public generally with respect to the difficulties it is still facing to comply with its obligation to issue the audited annual consolidated financial statements, no later than four months following its financial year end, in terms of Prospects MTF Rule 4.11.12.
Whilst the Company has put significant efforts into meeting its obligations in terms of the aforementioned rules, regrettably, the Company is hereby announcing that due to circumstances which are beyond its control, it is not in a position to publish its audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2020 by the first week of June 2021.
The Company shall be seeing to fulfilling its obligations and publishing the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2020 by the third week of June 2021.
UNQUOTE
Dr Katia Cachia
Company Secretary
3rd June 2021