NSE lifts suspension on the trading of shares of Afromedia Plc

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday lifted the suspension on the trading of shares of Afromedia Plc.

In a statement made available on the website on the Nigerian Stock Exchange stated thus “ We refer to our Market Bulletin dated 9 April 2018, with Reference Number: NSE/REG/LRD/MB01/18/04/09 wherein we notified Dealing Members of the suspension of Afromedia Plc for non-compliance with Rule 3.1, Rules for Filing of Accounts and Treatment of Default Filing, Rulebook of The Exchange (Issuers’ Rules) (Default Filing Rules”), which provides that: “If an Issuer fails to file the relevant accounts by the expiration of the Cure Period, The Exchange will:

(a) send to the Issuer a “Second Filing Deficiency Notification” within two (2) business days after the end of the Cure Period;

(b) suspend trading in the Issuer’s securities; and

(c) notify the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Market within twenty-four (24) hours of the suspension.”

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Afromedia Plchas now filed its outstanding Financial Statements to The Exchange.In view of the submission of the Company’s outstanding financial statements and pursuant to Rule 3.3 of the Default Filing Rules, which provides that:

“The suspension of trading in the Issuer’s securities shall be lifted upon submission of the relevant accounts provided The Exchange is satisfied that the accounts comply with all applicable rules of The Exchange. The Exchange shall thereafter also announce through the medium by which the public and the SEC was initially notified of the suspension”,

Dealing members are hereby notified that the suspension placed in the trading of the shares of Afromedia Plc was lifted on, Monday, 8 April 2019.

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