the deal wrote:The City Trust shares will be split before the swap then City shareholders get to keep their equivalent of their current stake in I&M Bank in the new holdings company. I&M Bank is a fast growing regional bank...I think City is cheap at the current price.
Disclaimer: My two cents.
The notice said the Documents will be released on 21st Jan 2013. There might be an element of 'splitting' included prior to the 'acquisition'. I would hazard a guess between 4 to 10 so an implied price of 100 (close to its peer DTB) to 40 (close to its peer NIC). BTW, employees were allocated shares in IM& Bank [always good to have employees as shareholders] and DEG/Proparco are among the larger shareholders.
Since the dominant party will be I&M Bank (I&M Bank Kenya, I&M Bank Tanzania), I assume the name of City Trust will eventually be changed to I&M Holdings or something of the sort. See EA Oxygen to BOC, Brooke Bond to Unilever, etc.
If you go to I&M Bank's website, there are other 'group' companies which may become part of the Holding Company in the future e.g. GA Insurance.
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