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answered Marked out of 35.00 Steinhoff Accounting Irregularities JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Steinhoff SNHJ.JSNHG.DE will have to restate its 2015 accounts and maybe earlier figures, the South African retailer said on Tuesday, having already warned on its 2016 numbers. The owner of more than 40 retail brands including Conforama, Mattress Firm and Poundland is fighting for survival after flagging accounting irregularities last month and parting ways with its veteran chief executive, Markus Jooste. A review being carried out by accounting firm PwC now suggests that "accounting irregularities may stretch beyond 2015, it said. The accounting scandal marks a fall from grace for the retailer which has grown rapidly via an international Merger & Acquisition (M&A) spree that began in 2011 with the acquisition of Conforama, Europe's second biggest furniture retailer. It has also tainted the reputation of Steinhoff's chairman and biggest shareholder Christo Wiese, considered one of South Africa's most respected stewards of shareholder capital. Shares in Steinhoff, once dubbed Africa's IKEA, have fallen around 90 percent since news of the accounting irregularities broke in early December, wiping 185 billion rand ($14.99 billion) off its market value. It warned then that there was a 2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) hole in its balance sheet and has since said that some credit facilities have been suspended or withdrawn as it grapples with more than 10 billion euros in outstanding debt. Separately, the company has been under investigation for suspected accounting fraud in Germany since 2015. It moved its primary share listing from Johannesburg to Frankfurt late that year. Four current and former managers are under suspicion of having overstated revenue at subsidiaries, prosecutors said. Steinhoff has said the German investigation relates to whether revenue was booked properly, and whether taxable profits were correctly declared. Steinhoff shares were up nearly 8 percent in Johannesburg at 1256 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Finish att Time left (a) Shares in Steinhoff have fallen around 90 percent since the accounting irregularities news broke in early December. Explain how Steinhoff shares were up nearly 8 percent in Johannesburg at 1256 GMT? [15 marks] (b) Steinhoff since then has fired its veteran chief executive, Markus Jooste and four of its current and former managers are under suspicion of committing the overstated revenue at subsidiaries. Synthesise some of the pressures typically experienced by these managers and comment on their actions from ethical standpoint. [20 marks] answered Marked out of 35.00 Steinhoff Accounting Irregularities JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Steinhoff SNHJ.JSNHG.DE will have to restate its 2015 accounts and maybe earlier figures, the South African retailer said on Tuesday, having already warned on its 2016 numbers. The owner of more than 40 retail brands including Conforama, Mattress Firm and Poundland is fighting for survival after flagging accounting irregularities last month and parting ways with its veteran chief executive, Markus Jooste. A review being carried out by accounting firm PwC now suggests that "accounting irregularities may stretch beyond 2015, it said. The accounting scandal marks a fall from grace for the retailer which has grown rapidly via an international Merger & Acquisition (M&A) spree that began in 2011 with the acquisition of Conforama, Europe's second biggest furniture retailer. It has also tainted the reputation of Steinhoff's chairman and biggest shareholder Christo Wiese, considered one of South Africa's most respected stewards of shareholder capital. Shares in Steinhoff, once dubbed Africa's IKEA, have fallen around 90 percent since news of the accounting irregularities broke in early December, wiping 185 billion rand ($14.99 billion) off its market value. It warned then that there was a 2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) hole in its balance sheet and has since said that some credit facilities have been suspended or withdrawn as it grapples with more than 10 billion euros in outstanding debt. Separately, the company has been under investigation for suspected accounting fraud in Germany since 2015. It moved its primary share listing from Johannesburg to Frankfurt late that year. Four current and former managers are under suspicion of having overstated revenue at subsidiaries, prosecutors said. Steinhoff has said the German investigation relates to whether revenue was booked properly, and whether taxable profits were correctly declared. Steinhoff shares were up nearly 8 percent in Johannesburg at 1256 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Finish att Time left (a) Shares in Steinhoff have fallen around 90 percent since the accounting irregularities news broke in early December. Explain how Steinhoff shares were up nearly 8 percent in Johannesburg at 1256 GMT? [15 marks] (b) Steinhoff since then has fired its veteran chief executive, Markus Jooste and four of its current and former managers are under suspicion of committing the overstated revenue at subsidiaries. Synthesise some of the pressures typically experienced by these managers and comment on their actions from ethical standpoint. [20 marks]

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