WH Smith Delays Results Again to Allow Auditor PwC More Time

UK travel retailer WH Smith plc Friday announced another delay to publishing its annual results as it addresses the fallout from accounting errors that forced the resignation of its CEO.

Preliminary results for the financial year that ended Aug. 31 will now be released Dec. 19, three days later than planned, to give its auditor, PwC, more time to complete its work, WH Smith said in a regulatory announcement. This is the second delay to the results, with the retailer saying in October they would be more than a month late to allow the conclusion of an investigation into ...