Companies Pass on Deadline Relief, Push to Give Investors Results

The maker of canisters for Clorox wipes and Gatorade bottles, like other public companies, could take advantage of the SEC’s pandemic-inspired reprieve of an extra 45 days to file its quarterly financial statement. But it won’t seek the relief.

“We know people are clamoring for information and the best way we can handle it, is try to provide our financial results as close to a normal timeframe as possible,” said Rich Tarapchak, corporate controller at Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd., a $10 billion global product packaging company.

Companies face a choice between taking extra time to work through all the financial ...