Gerresheimer Surges as Lenders Give Reprieve Over Accounts Delay

Gerresheimer AG has won the support of creditors for the delayed publication of its financial statements while regulators investigate accounting practices at the German pharmaceutical packaging company.

Shares rose as much as 20%, the most in nearly a month, after the company said in a statement Wednesday that creditors had agreed to extend the due date for submitting audited 2025 accounts to Sept. 30. Gerresheimer added that it still aimed to publish them in June.

A probe by financial regulator BaFin prompted the company to commission a second auditing firm to examine its 2024 and 2025 accounts. Those investigations forced ...