By
Emmanuel Elebeke with agency report
ABUJA – South
African Telecoms giant, MTN has appointed
Nigerian Investment firm
Chapel Hill Denham as lead issuing
House for the initial
Public offering of its
Nigerian Business later this year.
Among the banks and
Brokers appointed by MTN include: Renaissance
Capital , Rand
Merchant Bank and
Nigerian firm
Chapel Hill Denham to work with
Global co-ordinators Citigroup and
Standard Bank .
The
Company had earlier met with its
Bankers on Wednesday and held a presentation about MTN
Nigeria for foreign and
Local analysts on
Friday in
Lagos . According to a report, MTN is yet to decide what portion of the subsidiary to sell, as it aim to raise about $400m, or roughly 10% of the
Stock . Recall that the
Company had in June 2016 agreed to the listing as part of a $1bn
Fine for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered subscribers amid a
Security crackdown by
Nigerian authorities. The
Fine was originally set at N1.4trillion which led to the resignation of MTN’s then CEO, the
First full-year loss and a slump in the
share Price that has yet to be clawed back. MTN
Rose 0.4% to R118.16 by 4.26pm in Johannesburg, reducing its lo...
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