Abdulsamad Rabiu Makes N420.5 Billion in a Week After Listing BUA Foods

Billionaire industrialist and philanthropist, Abdulsamadu Isyaku Rabiu has realised N420.5 billion in profit since listing BUA Foods Plc on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday 5, January 2022.

BUA Foods Plc, an arm of BUA Group of companies, listed 18 billion ordinary shares at N40 a unit. As at the time of listing last week Wednesday, the company’s market capitalisation was N720 billion.

According to the company’s listing memorandum, Abdulsamadu Isyaku Rabiu’s stake in BUA Foods stood at 89.85 percent or 16,172,851,967 shares. Meaning, Mr Rabiu’s shares were worth N646,914,078,680 on January 5, 2022, when the company’s total valuation was N720 billion.

However, exactly a week later on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the value of a unit share of BUA Foods rose by 65 percent from N40 to N66. This bolstered the market capitalisation of the newly listed company to N1.188 trillion.

While the value of Mr. Rabiu 16,172,851,967 shares or 89.85 percent stake in the company rose from N646,914,078,680 last week to N1,067,408,229,822 on Wednesday 12, January 2022. This represents a gain of N420,494,151,142 or 65 percent in one week.

Forbes estimated Mr. Rabiu to worth $4.5 billion and ranked him as the 574th wealthiest man alive. However, with BUA Foods listing and Mr. Rabiu’s 98 percent stake in BUA Cement with a market capitalisation of N2,319,708,253,110 or $5,616,727,005, using CBN N413 forex exchange rate. Mr. Rabiu’s 98 percent stake in BUA Cement is $5,504,392,465, and using the same CBN rate, his holding in BUA Foods is presently estimated at $2,584,523,559. Meaning, Abdulsamadu Isyaku Rabiu is now worth an estimated $8,088,916,024, making him the second richest man in Nigeria just after Alhaji Aliko Dangote and toppling Mike Adenuga, the founder of Globacom.

The other six shareholders, as of the day of listing, also gained 65 percent each. According to the shareholding structure of BUA Foods, Alhaji Abdulsamadu Isyaku Rabiu (Jnr) held 1,792,096,099 shares or 9.956 percent in the company. CardinalStone Trustees Limited and Kabiru Isyaku Rabiu hold 31,910,000 and 1,101,654 shares or 0.177 percent and 0.006 percent, respectively.

BUA Group Limited, BUA International Limited and BUA Industries Limited owned 971,475 or 0.005 percent, 583,372 or 0.003 percent and 485,433 or 0.003 percent, respectively.

BUA Foods Plc focuses on cultivating, processing, manufacturing, producing, mixing, packing, preserving, extracting, refining, importing, exporting, buying, selling, trading, and dealing in all kinds of foods, consumables, food materials or derivatives as well as raw materials for making all kinds of foods, food products and ingredients for making any kind of foods and consumables.

As at the day of listing, the capacity utilisation of the Company’s business divisions are as follows: Sugar Division 75 percent, Flour Division 84 percent, and Pasta Division 54 percent.