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Kenya: KCB to acquire two banks in Rwanda and Tanzania

KCB Group Plc has entered a deal to buy out two banks in Rwanda and Tanzania in what will cement its dominance in the East African region, weeks after its main rival Equity Bank pulled out of a similar deal.

Kenya: KCB to acquire two banks in Rwanda and Tanzania

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Wabera Street in Nairobi on Sunday, May 03, 2020. PHOTO DENNIS ONSONGO

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The lender, which is Kenya’s largest bank by assets, said on Thursday that it had signed a definitive agreement with Atlas Mara (ATMA) to acquire a 62.06 per cent stake in Banque Populaire du Rwanda Plc (BPR) and a 100 per cent stake in African Banking Corporation Tanzania Limited (BancABC) from ATMA in Rwanda and Tanzania, respectively.

KCB Group boss Joshua Oigara said the transaction is part of the bank’s strategy to explore opportunities for new growth while investing in and maximising returns from the Group’s existing businesses.

The acquisition, he added, will buttress the lender’s leadership position and give it a stronger edge to play a bigger role in driving the financial inclusion agenda in the East African region.

“The transaction fits within the Group’s expansion strategy and will see us increase our market share and distribution network across Rwanda and Tanzania and improve our operating leverage by enabling us to deliver our existing product offerings to a wider base of customers while positioning the bank for sustainable growth in the long-term, ” said Mr Oigara.

“Once the transaction is completed, the Group’s Rwanda and Tanzania businesses are expected to have stronger financial credentials to support business growth in the post Covid-19 macro-economic recovery,” he added.

BPR is a public limited company incorporated in Rwanda and is licenced by the National Bank of Rwanda. Atlas Mara Mauritius owns the 62.06 per cent stake in BPR that KCB Bank wants to buy out.

“KCB will pay a cash consideration for the BPR shares determined based on the net asset value of BPR at completion of the transaction and using a price to book multiple of 1.09x,” the bank says in the notice.

KCB also intends to make an offer to the remaining shareholders of BPR to acquire additional shares from the remaining shareholders. It said it will offer the same acquisition price applicable to the shares to be acquired from Atlas Mara.

The acquisition is, however, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the National Bank of Rwanda and Comesa.

KCB also announced that it is now going for the remaining shares in African Banking Corporation Holdings (ABCH), which will make the Tanzanian bank a fully owned subsidiary of KCB.

KCB has entered into a share purchase agreement with Atlas Mara to purchase its  96.6 per cent stake in ABC Tanzania. But it also separately intends to make an offer to Tanzania Development Finance Company Limited for the purchase of the remaining 3.4 per cent in ABC Tanzania.

ABCH is the parent company of several banks operating in sub-Saharan Africa under the BancABC brand that offer a diverse range of financial services, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Mara Limited.

Source: nation.africa/kenya

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