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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), said it is opening its shareholding to the investing public with a 300 million dollars equity offering through the issuance of depositary receipts.<\/p>\n

According to a statement by the bank\u2019s Head of Communications, Mr. Obi Emekekwue, on Thursday said that the equity offering would be held under its Class \u201cD\u201d shares.<\/p>\n

The bank\u2019s Class \u201cD\u201d are fully paid shares which can be held by any investor.<\/p>\n

The deal, whose listing has been approved on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, subject to raising the funds by Sept. 30, is being handled by SBM Group, a leader in the financial sector in Mauritius.<\/p>\n

The equity offering is the first time a supranational bank is issuing depositary receipts through an African stock exchange.<\/p>\n

Dr Benedict Oramah, the President of Afreximbank, said that the aim was to enhance the bank\u2019s capitalisation in order to significantly narrow the trade financing gap in Africa currently estimated at 120 billion dollars annually.<\/p>\n

Oramah said the seed funds would enable the bank meet its strategic objective of growing intra-African trade in all regions of the continent, including island economies.<\/p>\n

He said the bank had chosen Mauritius because it had conducive regulatory framework for this innovative equity offering.<\/p>

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\u201cOn the other hand, SBM possesses the competencies, investor contacts, and support capabilities for the issuance of the depositary receipts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe depositary receipts issuance represents an opportunity for Afreximbank to diversify its shareholder base by enabling investors in Africa and beyond who have not yet invested in the bank to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also to strengthen Africa\u2019s premier trade finance institution whose interventions in its various member countries have created acknowledged developmental impacts across the continent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Oramah said he was optimistic that the novel issuance would further deepen Africa\u2019s capital markets and pave the way for similar issuances by other multilaterals.<\/p>\n

Kee Chong Li Kwong Wing, Chairman of SBM Holdings Ltd, said it was a privilege for SBM to have been saddled with the responsibility to execute such an important transaction.<\/p>\n

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Afreximbank had total assets of 11.7 billion dollars as at Dec. 31, 2016 and is rated BBB+ (GCR), Baa1 (Moody\u2019s), and BBB- (Fitch).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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