Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (UBN) Rights Issue, opened on 20 Sept, 2017, will close on Monday, 30 October 2017.
Use of Proceeds:
80% of proceeds to be used as working capital
12% of proceeds to be invested in technology, innovation and digitalization
8% of proceeds to be invested in customer touch points
Details of the Rights:
Being Issued – 12,133,646,995 Ordinary Shares of 50 kobo each
Rights Price – N4.10 per share
Gross Issue Proceeds – N50, 000,000,000
Provisional Allotment – 5 new Ordinary Shares for every 7 Ordinary Shares of 50 kobo each held as
at the close of business on August 21, 2017
Worthy of Note:
(1) The Rights is offered at 28.70% discount to the stock’s current market price of N5.75,
(2) The theoretical market price of the stock after the Rights is estimated at N5.06.
In all two cases above, upside potential on the Rights price ranges between 23.4% and 40.20%.
Shareholders who do not wish to take up their Rights should take a cue from the wide upside potential in trading their Rights to interested investors.
How to Participate in the Rights:
(1) For existing qualified shareholders
Complete the rights issue form indicating full acceptance, partial acceptance or requesting additional rights
Make payment for the total rights taken (either cheque or bank transfer) either directly to the Registrars or preferably through the stockbroker
Submit the completed rights issue form and all evidence(s) of payments to the receiving agent for onward submission
(2) For potential investors
Complete share transfer form
Make payments for agreed traded rights
Submit transfer form and evidence of payment to receiving agents
