Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc (“SBC”) reported its nine months results on Tuesday, with the ailing company posting a net loss of ₦10.3bn, a 113% increase from the ₦4.8bn loss it recorded in the previous year.

The company, which recently exited the Nigerian Stock Exchange over its continued dismal performance in recent years, said that revenue grew 9.75% to ₦83.2bn in the nine months to the end of December. In the same period in 2017, the company recorded ₦76bn in sales.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”) announced on Friday that it was permanently suspending the trading in shares of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc (“7-Up Bottling Company Plc”) on the floor of “The Exchange” as it tries to determine the shareholders who will receive the Scheme Consideration following the company’s majority shareholder, Affelka S.A (“Affelka”), buyout of the remaining shares of minority shareholders it does not already own.

Minority shareholders of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc on Thursday 11th January 2018 voted to sell their shares to the majority shareholder, Affelka S.A. for ₦21.4bn ($66.5 million).

At a Court-Ordered Meeting in Lagos, shareholders approved the scheme of arrangement for the buyout. With the transfer of 26.8% minority shares to Affelka, the firm’s ownership of Seven-Up increases to 100%.

Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc announced on Wednesday that Affelka S.A. (“Affelka”), the majority shareholder of the firm has raised its offer price to acquire the remaining shares of minority shareholders it does not already own at a cost of ₦21.4bn ($66.5 million)

Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc announced on Friday that it would hold a court appointed shareholder’s meeting in January to approve a bid by majority shareholder Affelka S.A. to acquire the remaining shares of minority shareholders it does not already own in a deal worth N19.33bn ($60m).