(Reuters) -Tremendous Micro Pc on Monday named BDO USA as its auditor and mentioned it has submitted a plan to the Nasdaq in search of further time to regain compliance with the itemizing guidelines, sending its shares hovering 27% in prolonged buying and selling.
Within the compliance plan, the AI server maker mentioned it will likely be capable of full its annual report for the yr ended June 30 and its quarterly report ended Sept. 30, however didn’t give a goal date.
“BDO is a extremely revered accounting agency with world capabilities. This is a crucial subsequent step to deliver our monetary statements present, an effort we’re pursuing with each diligence and urgency,” CEO Charles Liang mentioned.
The corporate’s shares started 2024 on a excessive notice, buoyed by Wall Avenue’s optimism over the AI-driven demand for its high-performance knowledge middle servers. This was bolstered by Tremendous Micro’s inclusion within the prestigious S&P 500 index.
Tremendous Micro’s itemizing got here below menace after it didn’t file its annual 10-Okay report by the August deadline. The delay got here a day after Hindenburg Analysis disclosed a brief place and alleged “accounting manipulation”.
It had cited a have to assess “its inside controls over monetary reporting” for the delay.
Tremendous Micro’s shares closed up almost 16% on Monday after a report earlier within the day mentioned the corporate intends on submitting a plan with the Nasdaq.
The Nasdaq laws offered a grace interval till mid-November to submit a remediation plan to regain compliance.
If authorized, this might lengthen the deadline to February subsequent yr. Nonetheless, analysts mentioned the timeline gave the impression to be squeezed after EY resigned as Tremendous Micro’s auditor in October.
Pending the evaluate of Tremendous Micro’s compliance plan, its shares will stay listed on the Nasdaq.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram and Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Modifying by Arun Koyyur)