The MTN Nigeria has set aside N174.53 billion as dividend to its shareholders whose names appeared in the Company's Register of Members at the close of business on
This would bring the total dividend for the year that ended on
The MTN Nigeria also announced that its initial 575 million share unit's offer was exceeded with an oversubscription rate of 139.47 per cent, and in order to manage the over subscription, it added 86.25 million share units to the initial share units.
It said: "In all, 661.25 million units of MTN Nigeria shares were allotted and a total of 126,720 retail investors submitted valid applications and received full allotment. Other institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, corporates, and foreign portfolio investors who participated in the book build were allotted 72.09 per cent of their applications.
"This includes Nigerian pension funds representing approximately 6.5 million Nigerian contributors. Nigerian investors across the country supported the offer through multiple channels such as Receiving Agents, Issuing Houses and Primary Offer, that is the digital application platform.
"More than 89 per cent of retail offer subscribers applied through the Primary Offer platform (via mobile and web).
"In addition, 114,938 new Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) accounts were opened by first-time investors. It was estimated that 76 per cent of the successful subscribers to the public share offer via the digital platform are women, while 85 per cent of these are below the age of 40."
Speaking on the opportunity that the public share offers to Nigerians, The Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Mr.
"To do this, we launched an offer for the sale of 575 million shares held by the
The incentives for all investors include one free share for every 20 purchased, subject to a maximum of 250 free shares per investor. Also, an additional 4.28 million MTN Nigeria shares would be allotted to qualifying investors who hold the shares allotted to them for 12 months till
Commenting on the offer, the CEO of MTN Nigeria, Mr.
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