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(Bloomberg) -- Trading in AnalytixInsight Inc. (TSXV: ALY) was halted after the Ontario Securities Commission issued a cease trade order against the company for failing to file its annual financial statements on time.
"The CTO is a procedural consequence of a third-party filing-timing matter and is not a reflection of any operational, financial or governance concern at the Company; shareholders should accordingly not be alarmed by the CTO," the company said in a statement Friday.
The failure to file the required documents by the deadline is due to a delay in receiving the audited financial statements of Marketwall S.r.l., an Italian private company in which AnalytixInsight holds a 49% equity interest. The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization halted the stock at 7:45 a.m. in Toronto. The stock last traded at 2 Canadian cents.
The trading halt renders the stock illiquid, directly impacting shareholders. The company said it is working to file the required documents as soon as possible and expects the proposed sale of its interest in Marketwall to Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. to proceed, with a special shareholder meeting scheduled for May 29.
The cease trade order follows a period of significant management changes at the Toronto-based fintech company. Jonathan Dwek resigned as Chief Financial Officer effective April 2, and Natalie Hirsch resigned as Interim President on March 27, according to public filings.
The proposed sale of the Marketwall stake to Intesa Sanpaolo for €3.9 million ($4.2 million) is a critical event for AnalytixInsight, whose primary asset is the minority stake.
The halt freezes all trading, leaving investors in a state of uncertainty. The key catalyst for the stock will be the filing of the overdue financial statements, which management anticipates will lead to a revocation of the cease trade order within a few days.
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