betterU Announces Late Filing of Annual Financial Statements and Management Cease Trade Order
July 25 2019 - 8:26PM
betterU Education Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BTRU) (FRANKFURT:5OGA), (the
"Company" or "betterU") announces that its annual financial
statements, the related management’s discussion and analysis and
the related officer certifications for the financial year ended
March 31, 2019 (collectively, the “
Annual
Filings”) will be delayed beyond the filing deadline of
July 29, 2019. The Company has applied to the Ontario Securities
Commission for a management cease trade order (the
“
MCTO”), however there is no guarantee that one
will be issued.
The reason for the default in filing the Annual
Filings prior to the required deadline is that the Company’s
Auditors, Welch LLP, resigned as auditors effective July 12, 2019.
betterU’s financial team and CEO had been in discussions with Welch
for several months prior to the upcoming audit working to ensure
they would be able to support the company. Welch LLP, having been
the Company’s auditors for several years, also knew of the upcoming
audit requirements. As the Company had been working to overcoming
funding challenges over the last year, Welch LLP was kept informed
of, and continued to support, the Company. On July 3, 2019, the
Company closed a private placement for gross proceeds of $500,000,
as previously disclosed, and provided Welch LLP with full payment
of outstanding liabilities, including interest totaling $53,277.
The week following, Welch LLP resigned as auditors of the Company.
At no time did Welch LLP indicate to the Company that it would not
perform the audit for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. The
Company is in the process of engaging a replacement auditor.
If the management cease trade order is issued,
the Company intends to satisfy the provisions of the alternative
information guidelines set out in National Policy 12- 203 –
Management Cease Trade Orders by providing updates of the status of
this default on a bi-weekly basis by way of a news release and
material change report.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARDJason Burke CFO &
Director
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
This news release may contain forward-looking
statements. In particular, this news release contains
forward-looking information regarding the timing of completing and
filing of the Annual Filings and the receipt of loan funding. These
statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that
are subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers should not place
undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely
upon this information as of any other date. Actual results could
differ materially because of factors discussed in the Company’s
management discussion and analysis filed with applicable Canadian
securities regulators, which can be found under the Company’s
profile on www.sedar.com. The Company does not assume any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
CONTACT INFORMATIONInvestor
Relations1-613-695-4100Email: ir@betteru.ca
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