OTEDOLA RAISES STAKE IN FBN HOLDINGS WITH N16BN INVESTMENT
The Chairman of FBN Holdings, Femi Otedola, has acquired 534,094,407 ordinary shares at N30.00 each, amounting to a total value of N16.02bn in First Bank.
In a notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited about directors dealing on Thursday, this transaction took place between September 23 and September 25 and has been officially documented as an initial notification in compliance with director dealing regulations on the Nigerian Exchange Limited.
With his latest acquisition, he has strengthened his position as one of the largest shareholders of the banking group, one of the oldest in Nigeria and a strategically important bank.
Before he emerged as the chairman of the board in January, Otedola was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company in July 2023. His appointment was approved by the CBN and, subsequently, the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on August 15, 2023.
First Bank of Nigeria Holdings’ profit at the end of 2023 rose to N309.89bn, which is 127 per cent higher than N136.17bn at the end of the corresponding period in 2022.
In July, PUNCH reported that the Chairman of FBN Holdings, Femi Otedola, acquired 4.63 per cent of the banking group’s shares in two trading sessions to emerge as the majority shareholder of the group.
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