First Bank Holding Plc has announced the appointment of Billionaire investor, Femi Otedola as Non-Executive Director subject to the approval of its shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for August 15, 2023.
Gatekeepers News reports that Mr Olufemi Peter Otedola was listed as a substantial shareholder with 5.57% of the total shareholdings, translating to 10,000,000 units of shares directly held and 1,989,342,376 units of shares held indirectly under Calvados Global Limited as of June 30, 2023.
At the upcoming AGM, the shareholders will also have the opportunity to consider and pass the following special resolutions:
“That the Directors’ fees for the financial year ending December 31, 2023, and for succeeding years, until reviewed by the Annual General Meeting, be fixed at N50 million for each Director and N63.7 million for the Board Chairman.”
“That the Company’s Issued Share Capital be increased from N17.948 billion made up of 35.895 billion Ordinary shares of 50 Kobo each to N22.434 billion by the creation of 8.974 billion Ordinary shares of 50 Kobo each.”
“That there shall be a capital raise. The capital raise transaction shall be by way of a Rights Issue, on such terms and conditions and on such dates as may be determined by the Directors, subject to obtaining the approvals of the relevant regulatory authorities.”