It looks as though Steinhoff will be paying much of the bill for the JSE’s investigation into possible wrongdoing by former executives of the international retail group.
On Monday the local bourse announced it had imposed R13.5 million of fines on Steinhoff for various contraventions related to the group’s accounting contraventions, which were disclosed to a shocked market in December 2017.
The contraventions perpetrated by key executives resulted in the share price plummeting within weeks and shareholders losing around R200 billion of value.
In a move that is likely to address criticisms of the JSE fining companies that are already struggling to deal with the consequences of malfeasance, the JSE has said it will draw on the R13.5 million to pay any costs incurred in future enforcement actions.
Move against directors
In Monday’s statement, the JSE made clear that its investigation into the company has been concluded but that it is continuing to investigate potential breaches of the Listings Requirements by directors. It is costs related to these investigations that the JSE will be drawing from Steinhoff – up to an amount of R13.5 million.
*taken from Moneyweb article