Aja Health and Wellness Inc. Provides Update on Delay in Filing Financial Statements
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aja Health and Wellness Inc. ("Aja" or the "Company") (TSXV:Aja) announces that it is getting closer to filing its annual audited financial statements for the financial year ending December 31, 2024, including the related management's discussion and analysis and certifications from the CEO and CFO (the "Required Annual Filings"). On May 6, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (the "ASC") issued a management cease trade order (the "MCTO") because the Company was unable to file the Required Annual Filings in time to meet the April 30, 2025 filing deadline.
Aja previously announced that the delay in filing the Required Annual Filings was due to the determination that the previously announced reverse takeover transaction, which closed on September 17, 2024, will be characterized as a series of acquisitions for accounting purposes. This characterization requires a valuation of the purchase price allocation to complete the audited financial statements for the financial year ending December 31, 2024. The Company has retained a valuator to complete the valuation and the valuation is in progress. The Company anticipates the valuation will be completed on or before July 4, 2025 and expects to file the Required Annual Filings on or before July 31, 2025.
The ASC has approved the MCTO to be left in place until June 30, 2025. While the MCTO restricts all trading in securities of the Company by executive officers of the Company until the MCTO is no longer in effect, regular trading by current and future investors outside the Company continues as normal. The MCTO will be in effect until two full business days after the Required Annual Filings are filed.
Until the Required Annual Filings are filed, the Company intends to satisfy the provisions of the Alternative Information Guidelines set out in National Policy 12-203 - Management Cease Trade Orders.
Update on Filing of Interim Financial Statements
As a result of the delay in filing the Required Annual Filings, Aja previously announced that it was unable to file its unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025, the management's discussion and analysis for the same period and management certifications of the interim filings (the "Interim Filings") by the filing deadline of May 30, 2025. Aja is working to complete the Interim Filings as soon as possible and expects the Interim Filings to be filed concurrently with the filing of the Required Annual Filings.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
"Sanjeev Parsad"
Sanjeev ParsadPresident, CEO and Director
The above may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. When used in this address, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. Although the Company believes in light of the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable, readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking information because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date of publication of this information and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change. Furthermore, the Company undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made by third parties in respect of the Company. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.For further information, contact:
Sanjeev Parsad, President and CEOPhone: (604) 678.9115Fax: (604) 678.9279E-mail: sparsad@ajahw.comWeb: www.ajahw.com
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