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Company Profile
Name United Bank For Africa plc
Security Type Ordinary
Ticker UBA
Reuters Code
ISIN NGUBA0000001
Number of Employees 13,820
Address U.B.A House
57 Marina
Lagos, Nigeria
Website www.ubagroup.com
Phone +234-01-2644651-700
Fax +234-01-2642236
Email info@ubaplc.com
Nature of Business UBA plc was incorporated on February 23, 1961 and was the first of the international banks operating in Nigeria at the t ime to be registered under Nigerian Law. Today the bank has over 700 branches and cash offices in Nigeria's major comm e r cial centers, state capitals and Federal Capital Territory with two offshore branchs in New York and Grand Cayman Is la nd . UBA plc has a strong retail franchise that has given it access to low cost and stable retail deposits in major c omm erc ial centers and enabled it to become one of the three biggest and most liquid banks in Nigeria.

Summary of the Offer
Offer Type Public Offer 
Offer Method Offer for Subscription 
Purpose To Finance: Branch Upgrade, Domestic and International Branch Roll-Out in Francophone Zone and West African Zone amongst others, ATM Rollout, Operating Resources, Office/Process Automation and Non-ATM Electronic Channels. 
Utilization of Proceeds The estimated net issue proceeds of N50.90 billion from the Total Offer representing a new issue proceed fo N37,288,755,000 for the Offer for Subscription of 1,127,400,000 ordinary shares of 50 kobo at N35 per share and N13,610,268,000 for the Rights Issue of 423,600,000 ordinary shares of 50 kobos each at N34 per share, after deduction of total Issue costs of N2.9 billion (estimated 5.50% of the gross issue proceeds), thereof will be utilised as follows:

ProjectsN billion%
Branch Upgrade7.0013.75
Domestic and International Branch Roll-Out in Francophone Zones and West African Zones amongs others23.8646.88
ATM Rollout7.9515.62
Operating Resources7.0013.75
Office/Process Automation3.186.25
Non ATM Eletronic Channels1.913.75
Total50.90100.00
 

Target Investors The Offer is open to individuals, financial and non-financial institutions, companie, treasuries and societies. The Offer is also open to the participation of foreign, non-resident investors and any other investors. 

Important highlights of the issue
Par Value of each share NGN 0.50 
Authorised Share Capital 12,000,000,000 
Fully Paid Share Capital 8,472,000,000 
Shares Offered for Sale 1,127,400,000 
% of Fully Paid Shares Offered for Sale 13.31% 
Offer Price per Share NGN  35.00 
Price Earning (PE) Ratio at Offer Price 350.00 
Dividend Yield at Offer Price 0.29% 

Important dates and times
Offer Open Date Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 
Offer Close Date Monday, April 09, 2007 
Allocation Begin Date Monday, April 23, 2007 
Allocations End Date Sunday, June 03, 2007 
Results of Allocation Announced Wednesday, June 27, 2007 
Crediting of CDS Accounts with Shares Friday, July 06, 2007 
Dispatch of Share Certificates Friday, July 06, 2007 
Dispatch of refund checks (if applicable) Friday, June 22, 2007 
Commencement of Trading on Nigeria Stock Exchange Monday, July 23, 2007 

Advisers to the Company and the Vendors

Historical financial and Operating results
Key Numbers
Fiscal Year End 30th September
Currency Nigeria-Niara (NGN)
Sales (in millions) 187,066.00
1 Year Sales Growth +45.97%

Annual Income Summary (in millions except EPS data)
December 31, 2009 September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007 September 30, 2006
Sales 187,066.00 128,151.00 80,808.00 63,493.00
Pre-Tax Income 10,468.00 48,267.00 25,364.00 12,811.00
Net Income 6,206.00 41,063.00 21,441.00 11,550.00
Average Shares 21,556.00 13,134.00 8,226.00 6,169.00
EPS 0.10 3.14 2.61 1.87
Total DPS 0.10 1.00 -- 1.00

Quarterly Income Summary (in millions except EPS data)
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Sales -- -- -- --
Cost of Goods -- -- -- --
Gross Profit -- -- -- --
Pretax Income -- -- -- --
Net Income -- -- -- --
Average Shares -- -- -- --
EPS -- -- -- --

Annual Balance Sheet Summary (in millions)
December 31, 2009 September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007 September 30, 2006
Cash & Equivalents -- -- -- 471,494.00
Total Current Assets -- -- -- 824,349.00
Total Liabilities -- -- -- 842,170.00
Share Holder Equity -- -- -- 41,667.00
Long Term Debt -- -- -- 1,135.00

Annual Consolidated Cash Flow (in millions)
December 31, 2009 September 30, 2008 September 30, 2007 September 30, 2006
Net cash flows generated from (used in) in operating activities -156,027.00 209,967.00 996.00 541,749.00
Net cash flows generated from (used in) in investing activities -87,479.00 -123,553.00 -41,062.00 -57,477.00
Net cash flows generated from (used in) in financing activities 1,435.00 -17,803.00 90,309.00 -1,836.00

IPO Prospectus
Adobe PDF Document  United Bank for Africa plc IPO Prospectus
United Bank For Africa plc

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UBA, BANK PHB AND OCEANIC TOP BANKING ACTIVITY
United Bank For Africa plc - 29 Dec, 2006
Shares of UBA, Oceanic and Bank PHB accounted for 55 percent of the banking subsector turnover for last trading of the year. Trading on the shares of the banks accounted for 209.04 million shares.

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