The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday officially notified the investing public that Skye Bank Plc shares would be suspended from trading on Sept. 24.

The exchange gave the notice in Lagos in a statement by Mr Olumide Orojimi, Head, Corporate Communications and Mr Godstime Iwenekhai Head, Listings Regulations.

NSE said in the statement that the action was taken following the recent regulatory action of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoking the banking license of Skye Bank.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exchange said that the decision was pursuant to the “Rules on Suspension of Trading in Listed Securities, Rulebook of The Exchange (Issuers’ Rules).”

It stated that further developments would be communicated as appropriate in due course.

CBN has revoked the banking licence of the Bank and transferred its assets and liabilities to a newly licensed bridge bank called Polaris Bank.

Mr Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor, said at a news conference in Lagos that the decision was due to the failure of its shareholders to recapitalise the bank.

Emefiele, however, said that the purpose of the CBN’s intervention in Skye Bank on July 4, 2016, had been achieved.

He said that the focus of the action then was to save depositors’ funds and to ensure that the bank continued as a growing concern, being a systemically important bank.

“Part of our intention was also to stem the imminent job losses to staff if a liquidation option had been adopted.

“These objectives have been fully achieved and the bank has been able to meet customer obligations, having curtailed the liquidity haemorrhage and restored depositor confidence.

Indeed, the bank’s performance has improved considerably compared to the pre-July 2016 era”, he said.

Emefiele said that the result of its examinations and forensic audit of the bank showed that the bank required urgent recapitalisation.

According to him, the bank can no longer continue to live on borrowed times with indefinite liquidity support from the CBN.

He added that the bank’s shareholders were unable to recapitalise it.

“As a responsible and responsive regulator and in consultation with the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), we have decided to establish a bridge bank, Polaris Bank, to assume the assets and liabilities of Skye bank.

“The strategy is for the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) to capitalise the bridge bank and begin the process of sourcing investors to buy out AMCON,” Emefiele said.

He, however, assured all depositors that under the arrangement, their deposits shall remain safe and that normal banking services shall continue in the new bank on Sept. 24.

The CBN governor said the arrangement was to enable customers to transact their businesses seamlessly.

He said that all customers of Skye Bank shall be automatic customers of the new bank and their accounts and records duly purchased by Polaris Bank.

NAN also reports that NDIC has sold Polaris Bank to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) with the mandate to stabilise the bank as well as return it to profitability for the purpose of selling it to interested Investors.

Consequently, AMCON will inject N786 billion into Polaris Bank to bring it’s net value to zero.

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/nse-suspends-trading-on-skye-bank-shares/

I blame Buhari.

Just wen I want d to sell off my skye bank shares

ttemmi:
X

C them

B

This Skye bank should not play with my live savings of 1111.11 i got from oloshoism. Them go hear my voice o!

See wetin bad management cause?

What happens when someone uses a bank as his or her personal moneybag.

Okay

I still have #40 with dem, I don't joke with my money

CBN and other bank regulatory bodies in Nigeria have continuously let down minority shareholders in the banking sectors in the occasion/events of transfer of ownership.

Investors confidence in the NSE needs to be assured by the CBN and other regulatory bodies. This repeated decimals involving the loss of shareholders hard earned investments in such events has to stop.

Jinyjagz:
I still have #40 with dem, I don't joke with my money

Like seriously

Explain how this would affect owners of shares...

In a lay man language

Ordinary shareholders money has entered voicemail.

my 20k have entered voicemail

millhouse:
Just wen I want d to sell off my skye bank shares

With time trading will commence. Emefiele is a wise man.

savio93:
Explain how this would affect owners of shares...

In a lay man language

This is the fate of the previous Skye Bank share holders;

......."NAN also reports that NDIC has sold Polaris Bank to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) with the mandate to stabilise the bank as well as return it to profitability for the purpose of selling it to interested Investors.

Consequently, AMCON will inject N786 billion into Polaris Bank to bring it’s net value to zero."


In lay man's term it means AMCON has acquired all the assets and liabilities of the bank at a cost of N786Billion.

Meaning that you were a FORMER investor in Skye Bank.

what happens to my sky bank shares,how do I trade it off