Access Holdings hands N5.5bn equity stake to 77 employees

Access Holdings Plc has officially vested over 220 million ordinary shares valued at approximately N5.5 billion to 77 key employees across the group.

This massive share-vesting exercise underscores the group’s long-term talent retention strategy, effectively transforming its top executives and senior managers into direct stakeholders in the company’s future growth.

According to a recent corporate filing with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the equity-based reward scheme cuts across senior executives and management personnel at both the holding company and its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank.

Access Holdings has approximately 54.375 billion ordinary shares in circulation. The
The vested shares represent an incredibly small fraction of Access Holdings’ total equity, amounting to approximately 0.41 percent of the company’s total shares outstanding.

This means that because the 220 million shares make up less than 0.5 percent of the total outstanding stock, the dilution effect for normal retail shareholders is negligible.

As at the market close trading Friday on July 10, the Year-to-Date (YtD) return for Access Holdings Plc sits at approximately +19.3 percent.

The stock has seen solid upward momentum recently, driven largely by positive investor sentiment following strong first quarter (Q1) earnings reports and corporate expansion strategy.

The stock closed the week’s trading session at N25.15, maintaining its strong July momentum after a bullish week that saw its 7-day performance climb by over 12 percent.

This upward trajectory continues to be fueled by robust financial performance metrics and high investor confidence following the bank’s milestone earnings reports.

Access Holdings crossed a massive milestone in its Full Year 2025 audited financial results, hitting the N1 trillion mark in Profit Before Tax (PBT) for the first time in its history.

Gross Earnings of N5.53 trillion in 2025 went up by 13.3 percent from N4.88 trillion in FY 2024. Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N1.01 trillion in 2025 went up by 16.2 percent from N867 billion in FY 2024.

Profit After Tax (PAT) printed higher in 2025 at N743 billion, up by 15.7 percent from N642.2 billion in 2024.