OANDO PLC - Update on the Publication of the Audited Financial Statements of Oando PLC

Update on the Publication of the Audited Financial Statements of Oando PLC

Oando PLC
(Incorporated in Nigeria and registered as an external
company in South Africa)
Registration number: RC 6474
(External company registration number 2005/038824/10)
Share Code on the JSE Limited: OAO
Share Code on the Nigerian Stock Exchange: UNTP
ISIN: NGOANDO00002
(“Oando” or the “Company”)



PRESS STATEMENT

Update on the Publication of the Audited Financial Statements of Oando PLC
(AFS)

This is to provide the NGX Regulation Limited (“NGX RegCo”), our valued shareholders
and key stakeholders with an update on the delay in the release of Oando PLC’s Audited
Financial Statements (“AFS”).

Reference is made to the Press Release of the Company dated December 7, 2020, at
which the Company informed its esteemed stakeholders of the reasons behind its inability
to meet its various NSE Filing of Accounts obligations, namely:

1. the 2019 AFS filing by the due date of March 31, 2020; and,

2. the 2020 Q1, Q2 and Q3 Unaudited Financial Statements (“UFS”) filings by their
   respective stipulated dates.

As communicated in the above-mentioned Press Release, the delays with the above
filings was as a result of the then indefinite suspension of the Company’s 2018 Annual
General Meeting (AGM) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June
10, 2019. This prevented the Company from being able to appoint Auditors to commence
the audit of the Company’s 2019 account as the procedure in law is that the Company in
General Meeting must approve the Auditors annually prior to the commencement of an
audit.

The suspension of the Company’s AGM was eventually lifted on 15 July 2021 and the
Company held its 2018 AGM on August 31, 2021. At the said AGM the shareholders of
the Company approved the re-appointment of Ernst and Young as its External Auditors
for the purpose of auditing the Company’s 2019 AFS and the External Auditors proceeded
immediately with the said audit.

While sincerely apologizing for any inconveniences caused, we would like to assure the
public that we are working tirelessly with our external auditors to ensure that the 2019
AFS is expeditiously finalized in accordance with the full requirements of the International
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and anticipate that we should be in the position
to file the said financials before the end of Q1 2022. Once the 2019 AFS is filed the Q1 -
Q4 2020 UFS can then be filed.

As regards the outstanding 2020 AFS and the UFS for Q1-Q4 2021, the Company will
hold its 2019 AGM as soon as possible after it has filed its 2019 AFS and it is anticipated
that this should take place no later than the end of April 2022. At the 2019 AGM, the
Company will propose to shareholders that Auditors be appointed for the purpose of
conducting the audit for the years ended 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021. We
anticipate that the audit of the 2020 AFS should not exceed a 90-day period as most of
the subsequent material transactions which may impact on the 2020 AFS, would have
already been considered by the auditors for the purpose of the 2019 audit, as required
under IFRS. Once the 2020 AFS is finalized and filing is made in Q3 2022, the Company
can also proceed to file the outstanding UFS for Q1-Q4 2021 in the same quarter.

As soon as the 2020 AFS has been approved and filed by the Company, the Auditors can
immediately proceed with the Audit of the 2021 AFS without needing to wait for an AGM
to be called to authorize their appointment since their appointment at the 2019 AGM was
to audit both the 2020 and 2021 AFS. The Company expects that the 2021 Audit will take
no more than 90 days to conclude and should be in a position to file the 2021 AFS before
the end of Q4 2022. Again, the Company would after filing its 2021 AFS, immediately
proceed to file its UFS for Q1 – Q3 2022.

Irrespective of the unfortunate delays, which are for reasons clearly beyond our control,
we are confident that the Company will be in full compliance with its regulatory
requirements regarding its Annual Financial Statements and Unaudited Financial
Statements by the end of December 2022.

We thank our esteemed stakeholders for their patience and support thus far and will keep
the market abreast of any further developments in this matter.


For further information, please contact:

Ayotola Jagun
Company Secretary

The Wings Office Complex
17a Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 (1) 270400, Ext 6159
ajagun@oandoplc.com

Alero Balogun
Head, Corporate Communications
The Wings Office Complex, 17a Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 (1) 270400, ext. 6761
albalogun@oandoplc.com

For Oando PLC



Ayotola Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary

Lagos
3 February 2022

JSE Sponsor to Oando
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited

Date: 03-02-2022 08:00:00
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