Daily Archives: September 25, 2017

Nigerian Breweries – Financial Market Forum Wrap-Up

Nigerian Breweries Plc, the nation’s largest brewer held its ‘2017 Financial Market Forum’ on 14th September 2017 at the company’s Iganmu-Lagos facility, where the new CEO Johan Doyer and Finance Director, Mark Rutten held a briefing of the company’s business and gave analysts a tour of the Iganmu plant.

The company posted a 15% revenue growth in the first-half of 2017, driven partly by earlier price increases. Beer volumes in the period declined mid-single digit. The brewer said it has implemented further marginal price increases in the N220 to N230 price range for select brands at the start of the third quarter of 2017 with the aim boosting margins amidst local input cost pressures.

AB InBev to increase equity stake in Nigerian operation post-merger

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian brewer which controls three independently operated breweries in Nigeria will increase its majority equity stake in International Breweries Plc (“IBPlc”) to 75.1% following the completion of the ongoing merger of its Nigerian operations.

AB InBev announced in early June that the Board of Directors of its three indirect Nigerian subsidiaries – IBPlc, Intafact Beverages Limited and Pabod Breweries Limited had agreed to explore a merger of their operations subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.

The firm followed up in August by announcing it had secured the needed regulatory approvals from the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Nigerian Stock exchange (“NSE”) to merge its operations in Nigeria.