Wapic Insurance Plc has through its Stockbroker, Coronation Securities Limited, applied to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), seeking an approval to list a Rights Issue of 15,613,194,623 ordinary shares of N0.50 each at N0.38 per share, on the basis of 7 new ordinary shares for every 6 ordinary shares held.
In a notification to dealing members of the stock market, Head, Listings Regulation Department, Godstime Iwenekhai made known that the Qualification Date for the Rights Issue was Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Nairametrics understands the monetary value of the right issue is about N5.933 billion
Possible reasons: The proposed rights issue is to help boost the company’s financial growth and expansion. It is, however, of common knowledge that rights issue is generally a way for companies to raise capital. In this regard, capital is raised when existing shareholders pay for the new shares that are being issued to them.
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Wapic Insurance may use the raised capital to acquire assets, make a take-over, repay debts or save itself from bankruptcy. Although a company can raise capital in other ways, such as borrowing from banks or issuing bonds, there can, however, be times when the companies may be reluctant to seek credits from banks because of the high-interest rate incurred by loans.
Prior to this development, Wapic had secured its shareholders’ approval to raise its authorized share capital from N8.5 billion to N15 billion. The development came ahead of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) deadline for insurance companies to recapitalise or lose their licenses.
About Wapic Insurance Plc: Wapic is one of the leading insurance companies in Nigeria. It was established in 1958 to offer various packages covering life, general and special risk businesses.
Meanwhile, Wapic Insurance Plc‘s share price is currently trading N0.38 on the NSE.
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