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Demutualisation Of NSE Reaches Final Stage – Onyema - Edoman - 01-17-2019
Demutualisation Of NSE Reaches Final Stage – Onyema
Published 2 hours ago on January 17, 2019 By OLUSHOLA BELLO
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said it has started working on the final stages of its conversion from a not-for-profit limited by guarantee entity into a profit-making, shareholders-owned public limited liability company.
The conversion is technically known as demutualisation, which is the process of converting the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) from an organisation which exists for the benefit of its members, to one which is public, and investor owned. The chief executive officer of NSE, Mr. Oscar Onyema, at the 2018 Market Recap and 2019 Outlook event held in Lagos, said that demutualisation bill was signed into law and assented to by the president. He stated that the NSE is currently working on the final stages of the demutualisation process.
According to him, the Exchange has gone farther than it had ever been in the conversion process and has started working on the final stages of the process. He said the Exchange was committed, not only to early completion of the process, but to ensure that the conversion enhances its success story. The NSE demutualisation bill, which would transform the NSE into a typical company, has finally been signed into law by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Onyema, following the bill signing, it is now left for the NSE Council and all the other stakeholders to decide on a takeoff date. “Demutualisation Bill has been accented to and signed into law by the president, as the Exchange along with other stakeholders are working on the final stages of the process.”
Efforts to demutualise the Nigerian Stock Exchange has been a long-standing one. In 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the Exposure draft rules on demutualisation of exchanges in Nigeria and the Nigerian Stock Exchange appointed financial advisers to advise it on a proposed demutualisation.
In 2018, Nigeria’s lower house of legislature, the House of Representatives, passed a bill amending the laws establishing the NSE. This followed an earlier signing of a similar bill by the Senate, all part of the processes leading to the demutualisation of the Nigerian bourse. With the newly-signed demutualisation bill implemented, the NSE will transform into a typical company, with board of directors and an independent management. The company’s shares will also be available for public ownership, even as it will be subject to the rules and regulations governing companies in Nigeria.
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