L-R:Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Wapic Insurance, Adeyinka Adekoya; Chairman, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Company Secretary, Mary Agha at the event yesterday in Lagos.
BY NANCY ADUMOHA—-Following the directives of the sector regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) that insurance companies should raise their capital, shareholders of WAPIC Insurance Plc has given its directors the nod toincrease its authorised share capital to N15 billion.
The shareholders gave the nod at the just concluded 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the firm in Lagos.
Speaking at the meeting the chairman of Wapic Insurance Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, said that the increase serves the best interest of the shareholders as a whole, applauding them for voting in favour of the resolution to increase the capital base of the insurance company to N15 billion from the current N8.5 billion.
“That pursuant to resolution of the shareholders of Wapic Insurance Plc passed at the 58th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company on May 24, 2017 where the directors of the company were authorized to raise, whether by way of rights issue, public offering, placing, book building process or other methods or combination of methods, additional funds or capital of up to N10 billion or its equivalent in any foreign currency, by way of issuance of ordinary shares, preference shares, convertible or non-convertible loans, stock, medium term notes, bonds or other securities, in such tranches, series, or proportions, at such coupon or interest rates, within such maturity periods, and on such other terms and conditions, including the provision of security repayment, as the directors may deem fit or determine, that the authorized share capital of the company be increased from N8.5 billion to N15 billion by the creation of additional 13 million ordinary shares of 50 kobo each to rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in the capital of the company.”
Currently, the company has N8.5 billion authorised capitalisation and will require N6.5 billion to move to the new threshold.
Following this development, Wapic Insurance created additional 13 billion units of shares of 50kobo to rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in the capital of the company.
