GTCO gets NGX approval to delay H1 2026 results until September 30

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has secured approval from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to postpone the release of its H1 2026 audited financial statements until September 30, 2026. The revised deadline was disclosed in a regulatory filing with the NGX and signed by GTCO's General Counsel and Company Secretary, Erhi Obebeduo.

GTCO cited regulatory requirements as the reason for requesting extra time beyond the standard 60-day deadline. The company's board of directors had already approved the half-year financial statements on July 28, 2026. However, regulatory clearance is still needed before the results can be made public. The NGX extension follows in a series of recent approvals for major Nigerian financial institutions to delay their H1 2026 audited result releases.

The standard filing deadline for unaudited interim half-year statements on the NGX is typically 30 days after the period ends, while audited statements require a 60-day deadline. GTCO reported a modest increase in profit before tax of 0.88% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, with N302.89 billion in profit before tax. However, profit after tax fell by 15.42% to N218.13 billion, driven by higher tax obligations.

Among its non-banking subsidiaries, Habari Pay Ltd showed the best results, with profit before tax surging to N3.75 billion in Q1 2026 from N1.66 billion in the same period last year.