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Fidelity Bank secures approval for private placement of unissued ordinary shares

Says development would enable the bank rake in more capital for growth

Zainab Iwayemi by Zainab Iwayemi
October 4, 2022
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Fidelity Bank Plc has secured the approval of its shareholders to issue its unissued ordinary shares by way of the private placement. 
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Fidelity Bank Plc has secured the approval of its shareholders to issue its unissued ordinary shares by way of the private placement. 

This was approved at the Bank’s Extra-Ordinary General Meeting which had in attendance various regulators such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Exchange Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Corporate Affairs Commission. 

According to the bank, the disposal of the Company’s outstanding N3.04 billion unissued Ordinary Shares of 50Kobo would enable the Bank to rake in more capital for growth. 

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 What they are saying

 

Mustafa Chike-Obi, Chairman, Fidelity Bank Plc, said the development is necessary as it is in compliance with Section 124 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA) and Regulation 13 of the Companies Regulations 2021 which require companies with unissued shares at the time of commencement of CAMA 2020 to issue such shares by December 31, 2022. 

He said, “After considering the options, the Board resolved that the Company’s outstanding 3,037,414,308 unissued Ordinary Shares of 50Kobo each should be disposed of by way of Private Placement to strategic investors to enable the Bank to generate additional capital for continued growth in line with its objectives.” 

Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank noted, “Fidelity Bank is growing in leaps and bounds and we need to expand our capital base to take advantage of emerging opportunities. We will also use the additional capital to enhance our technology infrastructure to enable us to serve more customers.” 

 What you should know

Nairametrics reported that Fidelity Bank entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in Union Bank UK Plc. 

According to a disclosure signed by Ezinwa Unuigboje, the Company Secretary the transaction is subject to the approval of the Prudential Regulatory Authority of the United Kingdom. 

On the back of its H1 2022 results, the Bank recently paid an interim dividend of 10 Kobo per 50 Kobo ordinary share, the first interim dividend payment. 

 

 


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  1. Gozie Ikeokwu says:
    October 5, 2022 at 3:03 am

    Private placement by a publicly listed company is an abberation but we had to allow it in Nigeria because of investors apathy towards the stock market.
    Now the bank.will sell it’s stocks to interested moneybags and list same on NGX. A lot of cost items like advertising, printing etc will be avoided
    Yet the big men in NGX are happy to be killing the group of millennials and Gen Z who should be investing for the sake in next generation. The apathy towards the NGX is legion. A whole exchange wil undertake a webinar and you see only 16 people logging in
    globally down to 9.by end.

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