Titan Trust offers N7 per share to buy out Union Bank minority shareholders

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has notified the Nigerian Exchange Limited and its stakeholders that Titan Trust Bank Limited (Titan Trust), the Bank’s core shareholder, has informed the Board of Directors of Union Bank of an offer for the acquisition of all the shares held by the minority shareholders in Union Bank.

The transaction will be implemented by way of a Scheme of Arrangement (the Scheme’) between the Bank and the Bank’s shareholders (the Minority Shareholders), in accordance with the provisions of Section 715 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (as amended).

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Under the terms of the Scheme, the Scheme Shares, being the outstanding shares of the Bank not already held by Titan Trust, will be acquired by Titan Trust for consideration of N7 per share. At the close of the trading session on Wednesday, Union Bank’s share price moved up by 0.71 percent to N7.05kobo.

Union Bank said it has received the ‘No Objection’ of both the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities and Exchange Commission, adding that the terms and conditions of the Scheme are stated in the Scheme Document which will be despatched to all shareholders, following receipt of an order from the Federal High Court to convene a Court-Ordered Meeting of the Bank’s shareholders.

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