Leading cement manufacturing firm Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc last week declared a profit after tax of N5.765 billion for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. The performance showed on the N5.688 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2010.
Details of the results indicated that the company ended the period with a turnover of N44.548 billion, compared with N33.046 billion in 2010.
The company’s net asset value stood at N53.308 billion as at September 30, 2011, up from N48.291 billion in December 2010.
Details of the results indicated that the company ended the period with a turnover of N44.548 billion, compared with N33.046 billion in 2010.
The company’s net asset value stood at N53.308 billion as at September 30, 2011, up from N48.291 billion in December 2010.
The company recently successfully raised N11.8 billion bond at a fixed interest rate of 11.5 per cent under its N50 billion Bond Issuance Programme.
The N11.8 billion bond is the first series of the Bond Issuance Programme of the company, which is a 3 year fixed rate (2011-2014) Bond was offered to subscribers by way of a Book Build, which was brought to a close on Friday October 7, 2011.
The company said the proceeds from offer would be utilised to re-finance part of its existing variable interest rate loan facilities on the Lakatabu Expansion Project in Ewekero, Ogun State.
Speaking at the company’s Completion Board Meeting in Lagos, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Olusegun Osunkeye, said “we are happy to see significant level of interest in this bond issuance despite difficult market conditions.
The success is a demonstration of the trust in the fundamentals of our company by the investing public.”
In his own remarks, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Samy Abdelkader, said: “This provided to us liquidity at a rate that will enable us to fix part of our variable interest loans.”
Also speaking on the bond, the Finance Director, Mr. Fred Amobi, said the successful completion of the first series of the Bond Programme was an important milestone in the company’s re-financing strategy.
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