After Initial Disclaimer, FBN Holdings Says Otedola Now Holds 5.07% Shares
The board of FBN Holdings Plc, on Saturday, said Otedola Olufemi Peter, former chairman of Forte Oil Plc (now Ardova Plc), and his nominee, Calvados Global Services Limited now own 5.07% of its issued and fully-paid shares, as of October 22, 2021. A statement by Seye Kosoko, the group’s company secretary, in a statement through the Nigerian Exchange Limited, on Saturday, said Otedola and his nominee, “have acquired a total of 1,818,551,625 units of shares from the Company’s issued share capital of 35,895,292,791“ units. This was after the group had in an earlier statement to the NGX on the same day denounced news report also on Friday, October 22, 2021, “purporting that a certain individual has acquired a significant shareholding interest in FBN Holdings Plc (the company) therefore makes him the majority shareholder in the Company. “As a listed company, the shares of FBN Holdings Plc are publicly traded, and sale and acquisition of shares is expected in the normal course of busin...