Google’s Investor Relations page on Google Plus has issued the following statement in regards to the early posting of a draft version of its third quarter earnings report, which sent shares tumbling over 9 percent and caused the company to halt trading. As Google’s Investor Relations page said in a statement:
Earlier this morning RR Donnelley, the financial printer, informed us that they had filed our draft 8K earnings statement without authorization. We have ceased trading on NASDAQ while we work to finalize the document. Once it’s finalized we will release our earnings, resume trading on NASDAQ and hold our earnings call as normal at 1:30PST
