Guinness owner Diageo said today it would delay the publishing of its full-year report for fiscal 2020 by five days to give its auditors more time to prepare and review statements during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company is the world's largest spirits maker.
"The delay will allow Diageo and its auditors, PwC, sufficient time to complete the process of preparing and reviewing the results, given the practical challenges of remote working," the maker of Tanqueray gin and Johnnie Walker whisky said in a statement.
British regulators have given publicly traded companies an additional two months to prepare their financial statements, making the deadline six months from their financial year-end.
Diageo will now publish its preliminary results for the year ended June 30 on August 4, instead of July 30, and will also delay the release of its annual regulatory filing by two days.
In April, the company abandoned its annual forecast for sales and profit growth, and suspended its £4.5 billion share buyback programme in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
