DGC margin cut after delayed publication of audited 2025 financial statements

The company delayed publishing its audited 2025 annual financial statements beyond the allowed 5 working days after the disclosure deadline. HOSE (Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange) announced the addition of Duc Giang Chemical Group Joint Stock Company (DGC) to the list of securities not eligible for margin trading. The reason is that the company delayed the publication of its audited 2025 financial statements beyond the allowed period. Earlier, on March 17, 2026, the Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security announced the indictment of a case titled “Pollution of the environment; violations of regulations on exploration, exploitation, and mining of resources; accounting violations causing serious consequences,” occurring at Duc Giang Chemical Group Joint Stock Company and related units. Subsequently, the company disclosed unusual information to UBCKNN, HOSE, and on its own website on March 17, 2026. The case remains under investigation, with many accounting records sealed and held by the Investigation Police, thus the company cannot proceed with auditing the 2025 financial statements. Under Clause 1, Article 10 of Circular 96/2020/TT-BTC dated 16 November 2020, listed companies must publish audited annual financial statements within 10 days from the date the auditing firm signs the audit report, but no more than 90 days from the end of the financial year. However, due to force majeure described above, Duc Giang Chemical Group Joint Stock Company asks UBCKNN and HOSE to consider allowing the 2025 audited financial statements to be submitted late after 30 March 2026. DGC stated that once the auditing of the 2025 financial statements can resume, the company will work with the auditing firm and publish full information on the 2025 audit report upon completion. As of 8 April 2026, the margin-cut list on HOSE stands at 69 tickers, down 6 from the list in Q2 2026; notable tickers include NVL, LDG, SMC, TDH, CRV... and the list still contains HVN, BCG, VMD and TCD, which have two margin-cut reasons. In March 2026, VND and DGC exited the USD1 billion+ enterprise list. Indictment of the case occurred at Duc Giang Chemical Group. DGC appointed a new CEO earlier.