{"id":30688,"date":"2019-03-21T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30688"},"modified":"2019-03-21T19:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:44:05","slug":"court-okay-scheme-of-merger-between-access-bank-plc-and-diamond-bank-plc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/court-okay-scheme-of-merger-between-access-bank-plc-and-diamond-bank-plc\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Okay Scheme Of Merger Between Access Bank Plc And Diamond Bank Plc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court of Nigeria has on March 19, 2019 okayed the Scheme of Merger pursuant to which Access Bank Plc will acquire the entire issued share capital of Diamond Bank through a cash and share exchange.<\/p>\n<p>All conditions to the Merger, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory approvals have been satisfied and the Scheme is now effective.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Diamond Bank&#8217;s Uzoma Uja, Company Secretary\/Legal Adviser Secretary, the Scheme record time was 6.00 p.m. (Nigerian time) on 19 March 2019, and no transfers of Diamond Bank shares is expected after this time.<\/p>\n<p>Trading in the shares of Diamond Bank has been suspended on The Nigerian Stock Exchange effective March 20, 2019.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Diamond Bank further announces that the Directors hereby seize to be Directors of the dissolved Diamond Bank Plc effective March 19, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Merger is expected to be completed on 1 April 2019. 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