{"id":59650,"date":"2023-12-02T13:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/equitys-rwanda-bank-buy-deal-hits-sh-7-2-billion"},"modified":"2023-12-02T13:47:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:47:30","slug":"equitys-rwanda-bank-buy-deal-hits-sh-7-2-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/equitys-rwanda-bank-buy-deal-hits-sh-7-2-billion","title":{"rendered":"Equity\u2019s Rwanda bank buy deal hits Sh.7.2 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The cost of acquisition of Rwandese lender Compagnie Ge\u0301ne\u0301rale De Banque (Cogebanque) by Equity Group has increased to Sh7.2 billion after the Kenyan banking multinational moved to purchase an additional 7.2 per cent stake from minority shareholders ahead of the close of the deal.<\/p>\n

Equity announced in June that it would purchase a 91.93 per cent stake or 183,854 shares in Cogebanque at a cost of Rwf297,406 (Sh36,704) per share, valuing the deal at Sh6.74 billion.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Friday announcing the close of the deal, the bank said it had managed to raise its total stake to 99.13 per cent, indicating that it had successfully convinced minority shareholders not involved in the initial agreement to sell it 14,396 shares worth Sh528.4 million.<\/p>\n

Purchase agreement<\/b>The initial agreement had seen the lender lock up stakes held by the Government of Rwanda (41.67 per cent), Rwanda Social Security Board (30.6 per cent), Ms Judith Mugirasoni (12.68 per cent) and Sanlam Vie Plc (6.98 per cent).<\/p>\n

\u201cOn July 28, 2023, Equity Group entered into a share purchase agreement with the sellers for the acquisition of 183,854 shares at a price of Rwf297,406 per share (and) simultaneously made an offer to the remaining shareholders of Cogebanque to acquire all their shares at the same price per share and on the same terms,\u201d said the lender yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe acquisition of Cogebanque was completed on November 30, 2023, and Equity Group now owns 198,250 shares representing 99.125 per cent of the issued share capital of Cogebanque, making Cogebanque its subsidiary.\u201d<\/p>\n

New subsidiary<\/b>Equity had picked on the price for the stake with the guidance of AstuteLogic Advisory Limited \u2014 a transaction advisor \u2013 based on the potential cash flows from the new subsidiary and the valuation of a KCB deal in the same market. KCB paid Sh5.3 billion for an initial 62.06 percent stake in Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR).<\/p>\n

It also arrived at the price after striking a deal with Rwanda to buy Cogebanque\u2019s head office at Rwf11.49 billion (Sh1.4 billion) within one year of completion of the transaction.<\/p>\n

Cogebanque, which boasts 28 branches and 600 agents in Rwanda, closed last year and ranked fifth among the licensed banks operating in the country when measured by reported aggregate total assets and total shareholder funds.<\/p>\n

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