Shares of Philippine Airlines Inc.’s parent company were suspended from trading on Friday after its auditor issued a disclaimer of opinion on its annual report.
The Philippine stock exchange suspended trading of PAL Holdings Inc. shares from 9:30 a.m., extending a halt imposed on Thursday when the company submitted its annual report that showed it posting a record loss in 2020 due to the “extraordinary” impact of the pandemic.
Officials of PAL Holdings and Philippine Air weren’t immediately available to comment.
PAL Holdings reported a record 71.8 billion pesos ($1.48 billion) loss in 2020, compared to a 10.3 billion peso shortfall the year before, the company said in a stock exchange filing Thursday. In the first quarter of 2021, its loss narrowed to 8.6 billion pesos from 9.4 billion pesos a year earlier. Management and stakeholders are working on the final stages of a comprehensive restructuring plan for the airline, it said.
SGV said that as PAL is embarking on a financial restructuring and is considering a pre-negotiated court rehabilitation plan, these events “give rise to material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the group’s ability to continue as going concern.”