ErosSTX Receives NYSE Extension for Delayed Annual Report and Regains Compliance with NYSE Minimum Trading Price Requirement
23 February 2022 - 8:20AM
Business Wire
Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE: ESGC) (“ErosSTX”, the
“Company”) today announced that the New York Stock Exchange (the
“NYSE”) granted the Company an extension through May 31, 2022,
subject to reassessment on an ongoing basis, to complete and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission its annual report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and any
subsequent delayed filings.
The NYSE notified the Company that it will closely monitor the
Company’s progress with the interim milestones the Company
previously submitted to the NYSE. Failure to achieve these interim
milestones could result in an accelerated trading suspension prior
to May 31, 2022.
The NYSE separately notified the Company that it regained
compliance with the NYSE’s minimum trading price requirement. The
Company regained compliance as of February 21, 2022 because the
closing share price for its common stock was above $1.00 and its
average closing share price over the preceding consecutive 30
trading-day period was also above $1.00. In the event the Company
again falls below thresholds, the Company will be subject to
immediate review by the NYSE.
About Eros STX Global Corporation
Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE: ESGC) is a global
entertainment company that acquires, co-produces and distributes
films, digital content and music across multiple formats such as
theatrical, television and OTT digital media streaming to consumers
around the world. Eros International Plc changed its name to Eros
STX Global Corporation pursuant to the July 2020 merger with STX
Entertainment, merging two international media and entertainment
groups to create a global entertainment company with a presence in
over 150 countries. ErosSTX delivers star-driven premium feature
film and episodic content across a multitude of platforms at the
intersection of the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing global
markets, including US, India, Middle East, Asia and China. For
further information, please visit ErosSTX.com.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information provided in this communication includes
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
such statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby.
Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology such as “approximately,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” “could,” “expect,”
“future,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,”
“project,” “seek,” “should,” “will”, “trending” and similar
expressions. Those statements include, among other things, the
discussions of the Company’s business strategy and expectations
concerning its and the Company’s market position and future
operations. All such forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those that we are expecting, including, without
limitation: our ability to successfully and cost-effectively source
film content; the Company’s ability to achieve the desired growth
rate of Eros Now; our ability to maintain or raise sufficient
capital; delays, cost overruns, cancellation or abandonment of the
completion or release of the Company’s films; our ability to
predict the popularity of its films, or changing consumer tastes;
our ability to maintain existing rights, and to acquire new rights,
to film content; our ability to successfully defend any future
class action lawsuits we are a party to in the U.S.; anonymous
letters to regulators or business associates or anonymous
allegations on social media regarding the Company’s business
practices, accounting practices and/or officers and directors; our
ability to recoup the full amount of box office revenues to which
it is entitled due to underreporting of box office receipts by
theater operators; our dependence on our relationships with theater
operators and other industry participants to exploit the Company’s
film content; our ability to mitigate risks relating to
distribution and collection in international markets; our ability
to compete with other forms of entertainment; our ability to combat
piracy and to protect our intellectual property; our ability to
maintain an effective system of internal control over financial
reporting; contingent liabilities that may materialize, our
exposure to liabilities on account of unfavorable
judgments/decisions in relation to legal proceedings involving the
Company or its subsidiaries and certain of its directors and
officers; our ability to successfully respond to technological
changes; our ability to satisfy debt obligations, fund working
capital and pay dividends; the monetary and fiscal policies of
countries around the world, inflation, deflation, unanticipated
turbulence in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices
or other rates or prices; our ability to address the risks
associated with acquisition opportunities; risks that the ongoing
novel coronavirus pandemic and its spread, and related public
health measures, may have material adverse effects on our business,
financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows; the
occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could
give rise to the termination of the purchase agreement or the
failure to satisfy the closing conditions; the possibility that the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the purchase
agreement is delayed or does not occur; uncertainty as to whether
the parties will be able to complete the transactions contemplated
by the purchase agreement on the terms set forth therein; the
outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the
parties or others following announcement of the transactions
contemplated by the purchase agreement; challenges, disruptions and
costs of the transactions contemplated by the purchase agreement
and related transactions; risks that the transactions contemplated
by the purchase agreement disrupt current plans and operations that
may harm the Company’s businesses; the amount of any costs, fees,
expenses, impairments and charges related to the transactions
contemplated by the purchase agreement; uncertainty as to the
effects of the announcement or pendency of the transactions
contemplated by the purchase agreement and related transactions on
the market price of the Company’s A Ordinary Shares and/or the
Company’s financial performance; completion of the contemplated
refinancing or strategic transactions; uncertainty as to the
long-term value of the Company’s ordinary shares; the completion of
the Company’s fiscal 2021 audit and filing of its Annual Report on
Form 20-F; and the effect of a reverse stock split.
The forward-looking statements contained in this communication
are based on historical performance and management’s current plans,
estimates and expectations in light of information currently
available and are subject to uncertainty and changes in
circumstances. There can be no assurance that future developments
affecting the Company will be those that it has anticipated. Actual
results may differ materially from these expectations due to
changes in global, regional or local political, economic, business,
competitive, market, regulatory and other factors, many of which
are beyond the Company’s control. Should one or more of these risks
or uncertainties materialize or should any of the Company’s
assumptions prove to be incorrect, the Company’s actual results may
vary in material respects from what the Company may have expressed
or implied by these forward-looking statements. The Company
cautions that you should not place undue reliance on any of its
forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by
the Company in this communication speaks only as of the date on
which the Company makes it. Factors or events that could cause the
Company’s actual results to differ may emerge from time to time,
and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of them. The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by
applicable securities laws.
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Drew Borst EVP, Investor Relations, Business Development &
Corp. Finance Eros STX Global Corporation drew@erosstx.com
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