Vinalines shares restricted from trading on UPCoM

October 09, 2018 - 14:57

Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) debuted on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on Monday, but its shares were immediately restricted from trading, according to the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

Vinalines debuted on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on Monday but its shares were restricted from trading until Friday. — VNS Photo

Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) debuted on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on Monday, but its shares were immediately restricted from trading, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

The reason for Vinalines’ stock trading restriction was that the audit agency had refused to release the final assessment of the company’s 2017 combined financial report, HNX said in a statement.

Vinalines’ audit agency had refused to give comments on Vinalines’ financial report because of the firm’s problems with its subsidiaries, the northern market regulator said.

Vinalines is recording an accumulative loss of VNĐ3.2 trillion (US$142.2 million).

Therefore, Vinalines’ shares are now available for trading only every Friday. Vinalines started trading 5.4 million shares on UPCoM with ticker MVN at the starting price of VNĐ10,000 per share ($0.44).

Vinalines shares will trade normally after the problem with audit agency is resolved, HNX said.

The company in early September sold only 5.4 million shares (0.38 per cent of its charter capital) out of registered 489 million shares (34.8 per cent of its charter capital) via an initial public offering (IPO).

Vinalines targets VNĐ144 billion ($6.4 million) in profit in the second half of 2018 after having reported a loss of VNĐ1.1 trillion in the first half. In the next two years, the company forecasts its post-tax profit will rise to VNĐ177 billion and VNĐ233 billion. — VNS

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