Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-09-13 20:56Core Viewpoint - *ST Xinchao reported a decline in stock price and faced regulatory penalties due to delayed financial disclosures, despite achieving significant revenue and profit growth in 2024 [1][2][3] Company Announcements - For the fiscal year 2024, *ST Xinchao achieved a revenue of 8.362 billion yuan and a net profit of 2.036 billion yuan, with a basic earnings per share of 0.2993 yuan [1][3] - The company produced 22.681 million barrels of oil equivalent, marking a year-on-year increase of 1.88%, with a 3.22% decrease in crude oil production and a 15.14% increase in natural gas production [1] - The company reported a year-end debt-to-asset ratio of 36.92%, a decrease of 3.20 percentage points from the previous year, and a reduction of 5.98 percentage points in the proportion of interest-bearing debt [1] - The company’s U.S. subsidiary completed a $750 million high-yield bond issuance to repay $999 million in existing debt, aimed at reducing interest-bearing debt levels [1] - The company received an audit report from Lixin Accounting Firm expressing an inability to provide an opinion on the 2024 financial statements, concerning oil and gas assets, employee compensation, and revenue matters [1][3] - The board proposed not to distribute profits for 2024 due to negative retained earnings at the parent company level [1][3] Regulatory Issues - On September 12, 2025, *ST Xinchao received a notice from the Shandong Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission regarding administrative penalties for failing to disclose the 2024 annual report within the legal timeframe, constituting a violation of the Securities Law [2] - The company had announced on April 28, 2025, that it would be unable to disclose the annual report on time, leading to a suspension of trading from May 6 until the report was finally disclosed on July 4 [2] - The regulatory authority proposed a fine of 3 million yuan for the company, along with individual fines of 1.2 million yuan for the chairman and general manager, and 800,000 yuan for the finance director [2]