Minority shareholders of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc have railed against the move by the firm’s majority shareholder, Affelka S.A. to acquire the remaining shares of the minority shareholders it does not already own.

Seven-Up announced on Thursday that its board had received an offer from Affelka S.A. (“Affelka”) to acquire the remaining shares of minority shareholders at a cost of ₦112.70 per share for the 171.54 million ordinary shares at ₦0.50 kobo each held by the minority shareholders, which translates to ₦19.33bn ($60 million). The bid price represents 15% premium on the last trade share price of the company on 9th August 2017, the last day prior to the date of the proposal was received from Affelka and 21.8% premium on the trading price as at close of trading on 28th November 2017.