** Shares of Spirit Technology Solutions Ltd ST1.AX drop
as much as 4.4% to A$0.220, their lowest since Oct. 7
** The information technology firm says sales and
installations were impeded in its first quarter of FY22 due to
closure of some of its businesses urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX204Bl5
** Experiences a lower-than-anticipated revenue in the first
quarter but flags some pent-up demand for services
** Says it is not immune from costs pressures and supply
side challenges such as labour shortages and chip manufacturing
delays which may impact hardware deployments in large IT&T
projects
** Stock has fallen 42.5% this year as of last close
(Reporting by Yamini C S in Bengaluru)
((Yamini.CS@thomsonreuters.com;))