MAINBOARD-LISTED Cacola Furniture International and Compact Metal Industries are facing delisting after Singapore Exchange (SGX) denied their requests for extra time to exit the watch-list.

Both companies are appealing. They were added to the watch-list after posting three straight years of losses with market caps below S$40 million.

They have to post at least one profitable year and raise their market caps above S$40 million to exit the watch-list.

Sofa maker Cacola, which was watch-listed in 2014, will be delisted on April 3 and is required to present an exit offer no later than the delisting date.

Cacola's directors are citing the company's 2016 profit and adjusted cash-flow position as supporting factors.

Compact Metal, an aluminium products supplier, was added to the watch-list in 2015. It did not provide details of its appeal.