Home REIT PLC - London-based real estate investment trust focusing on accommodation for homeless people - Shares temporarily suspended from trading in London, effective from Tuesday. This is after failing to publish its annual financial report within four months after the end of its financial year on August 31, in accordance with Financial Conduct Authority regulations. Says this is due to a delay from its independent auditor BDO LLP. Intends to request a restoration of its listing upon publishing its financial 2022 results, which it expects "as soon as practicable".

Home REIT has been in dispute for the past two months with short seller Viceroy Research, which published a report on November 23 that included a number of claims against Home REIT, such as the firm's properties being run by "bad actors". The report drove a share price slide that pushed the company out of the FTSE 250 index. Home REIT denies the allegations.

Current stock price: 38.70 pence

12-month change: down 70%

By Greg Rosenvinge, Alliance News reporter

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