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Alain Nkontchou Acquires More Ecobank Shares Worth N32 Million

Investors King yesterday reported that Alain Nkontchou bought 123,419,301 ETI shares totaling N689 million at an average price of N5.88 between December 2020 and August 2021.

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Just after disclosing that its chairman Alain Nkontchou acquired over a hundred million naira worth of Ecobank shares, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has revealed that Alain Nkontchou has acquired another N32 million worth of ETI shares through Enko Opportunity Growth Fund LTD.

Investors King yesterday reported that Alain Nkontchou bought 123,419,301 ETI shares totaling N689 million at an average price of N5.88 between December 2020 and August 2021.

The Cameroon investor is said to have bought another 31,887,695 volume of shares in multiple transactions for an average price of N10.91 per share.

According to the notification released by the bank and signed by its secretary, Madibinet Cisse, the transaction took place between September and December 2022 at the Lagos office of the Nigerian Exchange.

Investors King understands that Nkontchou had owned a 1.4 percent stake equivalent to 261.7 million ordinary shares as of the end of 2021 and has grown it to 602.7 million as of 31 December 2022 as he aims to increase his stake in the bank to 3.3 percent.

It is understood that Enko Fund first acquired 524,418 shares (at N11.2 per unit) for N5.9 million in early September and later bought over 1.1 million shares (at N11.6 each) worth N12.8 million between 27 and 30 September 2022.

Enko Opportunity Growth Fund is a PE growth-expansion fund led by Enko Capital which was established in 2008. Enko Capital is an African-focused asset management firm managing debt, private debt, equity and private equity investments across Africa.

The firm manages in excess of $560 million in its strategies and offers a deep knowledge of the continent combined with best-in-class investment expertise. Enko seeks to deliver strong risk-adjusted absolute returns across a wide range of strategies for its investors.

In 2022, Investors King reported that Enko Opportunity Growth Fund acquired a total of 322,010,114 Ecobank Transnational Incorporate shares at N11.83 per unit between March 30, 2022 to May 5, 2022.

Alain Nkontchou is the co-founder of Enko Opportunity Growth Fund Limited, co-founder and Managing Partner of Enko Capital Management and the board chairman, Ecobank Transnational Incorporate.

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Shares Reconstruction: Transcorp Lists Newly Reconstructed 10,161,997,574 Units of Ordinary Shares

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Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp) has delisted 40,647,990,293 shares from the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Monday and listed a newly reconstructed issued share capital of 10,161,997,574 ordinary shares.

In a statement seen by Investors King, the company said “We refer to our market bulletin with reference number NGXREG/IRD/MB73/24/10/10, dated 10 October 2024, wherein the Market was notified that trading in the shares of Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp or the Company) was placed on suspension effective, Thursday, 10 October 2024, in preparation for the share reconstruction of the Company’s Issued shares.

“The Market is hereby notified that the entire 40,647,990,293 issued shares of Transcorp were delisted from the Daily Official List of Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Monday, 28 October 2024, while the newly reconstructed issued share capital of 10,161,997,574 ordinary shares of 50 Kobo each were also today, listed on the Daily Official List of NGX at N44.2 per share.

“The delisting of 40,647,990,293 ordinary shares and listing of 10,161,997,574 ordinary shares on NGX is pursuant to the approval received from the Company’s shareholders at its Annual General Meeting of 27 May 2024 and the no-objection received from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Consequently, following the completion of the share reconstruction, the suspension placed on the securities of the Company has been lifted.”

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Transcorp Gains 314.03% Last Week Despite NGX Closing the Red

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Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s largest listed conglomerate, gained N34.70 or 313.03% a share last week to close at N45.75 a unit after the company’s unaudited financial statement for the third quarter showed 352% year-on-year growth in profit before tax to N34.566 billion.

During the week, investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) transacted 2.717 billion shares worth N54.632 billion in 46,848 deals, against a total of 2.142 billion shares valued at N85.946 billion that exchanged hands in 41,217 deals in the previous week.

The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with a combined 1.821 billion shares valued at N28.958 billion traded in 20,173 deals, therefore, contributing 67.01% and 53.01% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

The ICT Industry followed with 389.848 million shares worth N6.560 billion in 2,515 deals. In third place was the Conglomerates Industry with a turnover of 160.993 million shares worth N4.746 billion in 3,623 deals.

Fidelity Bank Plc, Chams Holding Company Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc accounted for 1.225 billion shares worth N17.721 billion in 4,912 deals and contributed 45.10% and 32.44% to the total equity turnover volume and value, respectively.

The NGX All-Share index closed the week in the red at 97,432.02 index points, a 2.03% decline from 99,448.91 index points recorded in the previous week. The Exchange year-to-date return moderated to 30.30%.

Also, the market capitalization of listed equities dipped by the same 2.03% from N60.261 trillion to N59.039 trillion.

Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Banking, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div Yield, NGX MERI Growth, NGX MERI Value, NGX Oil & Gas and NGX Growth which appreciated by 0.19%, 1.76%, 1.52%, 0.16%, 0.48%, 1.15%, and 0.07% respectively while the NGX ASeM index closed flat.

Thirty-nine equities appreciated in price during the week lower than fifty-eight equities in the previous week. Forty-five equities depreciated in price higher than eighteen in the previous week, while sixty-eight equities remained unchanged, lower than seventy-six recorded in the previous week.

 

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Naira Depreciation and High Interest Rates Force Market Slowdown, Experts Say

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Stockbrokers and investors have abandoned the equity market due to the Naira volatility, lack of market drive towards the end of the year,  and the high interest rate in Nigeria.

A long-time investor, David Adonri explained that the volume of trade usually drops towards the end of the year but the market normalises in January.

With the persistent drop in the value of the Nigerian Naira against foreign currencies, investors are wary of unfavourable currency conversion.

“The equity market reacts to so many things. The depreciation of the naira, which is around N1,700, of course, would impact the market. The foreign exchange position can make people exit the market and convert to hard currency, which is stronger, possibly to come back to the market when they see an improved currency level. That is what we call carry-over trade,” Adonri said.

“We also have the hike in the interest rate, which also causes financial assets to migrate away from the capital market,” Adonri added.

“Third, we are in the period of the year, where seasonally, the market is a little bit down because there is nothing specific to drive the market like full-year results or half-year dividends and so on. So we slide to a low tempo from September up to November until after Christmas the market starts trending up again,” he further stated.

According to a report by the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), equity investment transactions dropped in Q3, 2024 compared to the previous quarter of the year.

In the same vein, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that capital importation showed that investors shifted from equity investment to portfolio investment.

The portfolio investment includes equity, bonds, and money market instruments.

With the recent shift, the portfolio investment made a 10.37 percent increase amounting to a $106.85 million gain from the N1.03 billion total capital inflow.

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