C&I Leasing Announces Delay in Filing 2021 AFS, Q1, 2022

C&I Leasing Plc on Tuesday announced it won’t be filing the 2021 Annual Financial Statements for the year ended December 31 and the Unaudited Financial Statements for the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 due to regulatory delay.

The company stated in a statement signed by Mbanugo Udenze & CO., Company Secretary of C&I Leasing Plc and obtained by Investors King.

According to C&I Leasing, all plans were made to release the financial statements before the stipulated regulatory filing deadline but the company is “yet to obtain the approval of CBN to proceed to file.”

Therefore, the company accounts are still undergoing review with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The statement reads, “C&I Leasing Plc (“the Company”) hereby notifies Nigerian Exchange Limited (the Exchange) and the investing public of the delay in the filing of its 2021 Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and the Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2022.

“The Company’s audited accounts are still undergoing review by our primary regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). We had envisaged and made requisite plans in ensuring the approvals for filing was obtained before the stipulated regulatory filing deadline.

“However as at today, we are yet to obtain the approval of CBN to proceed to file.

“Consequently, the Company is also unable to file its Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2022 as submission of the Audited Financial Statements is a condition precedent to filing of the Company’s Unaudited Financial Statements.

“We understand the importance of the audited report to the Exchange and the general public, and we pledge to file and make them available once they are approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria.”