Nigerian Breweries Shareholders May Receive N85 Billion in Bonus Shares

Nigerian Breweries shareholders have been recommended to receive bonus shares worth approximately N85 billion from the company. 

This was revealed following a regulatory filing over the weekend. The board of NB stated that in order to comply with the Corporate Affairs Commission’s directive for companies to remove unissued shares from their books, a bonus issue of one ordinary share of 50 kobo each will be issued to shareholders in the register of members at the close of business on Tuesday, December 06, 2022. 

It also stated that the bonus shares with a nominal value of N1.03 billion will be issued from the company’s share premium account, which had a balance of N77.5 billion and N84 billion as of October 31, 2022, according to the 2021 audited report and accounts. 

Investors King gathered that NB’s share price rose by N3.75 to N41.25 during last week’s trading session, according to the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited. 

Shareholders are expected to consider and approve an increase in the company’s share capital from N5 billion to N5.138 billion through the issuance of an additional 276.132 million ordinary shares of 50 kobo each, with such new shares ranking equally with the existing ordinary shares in the company’s share capital. 

The Extraordinary General Meeting is also expected to direct the board to amend the company’s Memorandum of Association in accordance with the resolutions, as well as to give the board the authority to carry out any other acts, deeds, or things they deem necessary to give effect to the resolutions, such as signing or authorizing the signing of all relevant documents and appointing any necessary professional adviser; and that all previous actions taken by the director be reversed.

A resolution authorising the capitalization of N1.028 billion from the share premium account for the payment of bonus shares of 2.055 billion shares to be distributed among members in the proportion of one new share for every four shares held is also expected to be approved by shareholders in accordance with Article 129 of the company’s Articles of Association.