NGX lifts suspension on Mutual Benefits Assurance shares

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Thursday lifted the suspension placed on the shares of Mutual Benefits Assurance.

The NGX disclosed this in its weekly report seen by journalists on Saturday.

The company was suspended on July 8, 2024, for failing to file its relevant accounts as and when due.

This development allows shareholders to buy and sell Mutual Benefits Assurance shares on the NGX platform once again.

The report read: “We refer to our Market Bulletin dated 8 July 2024 with Reference Number: NGXREG/IRD/MB35/24/07/08 wherein we notified Trading License Holders and the investing public of the suspension in the trading on the securities of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc.

“Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc has now filed its Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 and outstanding Unaudited Financial Statements for 2024.

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“In view of the Company’s submission of its 2023 AFS, and pursuant to Rule 3.3 of the Default Filing Rules, which states that; ‘The suspension of trading in the issuer’s securities shall be lifted upon submission of the relevant accounts provided.

“The Exchange is satisfied that the accounts comply with all applicable rules of The Exchange.

“The Exchange shall thereafter also announce through the medium by which the public and the SEC was initially notified of the suspension, that the suspension has been lifted

“Trading License Holders and the investing public are hereby notified that the suspension placed on trading on the shares of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc was lifted on Thursday, 20 March 2025.”

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