ARM pays Nigeria firm Sh1.4bn to forego stake

Pradeep Paunrana, ARM chief executive. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Lagos-based Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has received a Sh1.4 billion payout from #ticker:ARM Cement in a deal that saw it forego its rights to convert a Sh5.1 billion loan into 78.1 million shares of the cement manufacturer.

ARM took the six-year convertible debt in 2012, offering AFC an annual interest of five per cent payable quarterly plus 2.5 per cent interest accrued every quarter and payable on maturity.

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