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Kaisa becomes latest China developer to delay earnings results; shares slide
Boring, but something you want to keep an eye on. Transparency, accountability, etc.
[ChannelNewsAsia] HONG KONG: Cash-strapped Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd
*shrug* They don’t appear to be in the Rantburg archives...
has joined a growing list of Chinese property developers unable to publish 2021 audited earnings by Mar 31 as required by listing rules, deepening market concern about the sector's financial health.

Kaisa late on Tuesday said a virus lockdown in Shenzhen left audit work incomplete so it cannot publish financial results on time. In a filing, it said trading of its shares in Hong Kong will therefore be suspended from Apr 1 as per bourse rules.

Bigger peer China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, also on Tuesday said it would not be able to publish results on time due to a large number of additional audit procedures resulting from "drastic changes" in operations since the second half of 2021.

Trading of shares in Evergrande and two Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries has been suspended since Monday.

Other major developers including Sunac China Holdings Ltd and Shimao Group Holdings Ltd also this week said they will delay reporting audited results due to disruption caused by COVID-19, but that they will produce unaudited results on March 31 to keep their shares trading.
Posted by: Matt 2022-04-02
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=629290