THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE FACTBOOK 2008

 

Published Under the Authority

 of the Council of:

 

THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

STOCK EXCHANGE HOUSE

  2/4 Customs Street,

P.O. Box 2457, Lagos

 Telephone: 234-01-2660287, 2660305, 2660335, 2669978, 2661293

   Telex 23567 STEX.NG

Fax: 234-01-2668281, 2668724

E-mail: nse@nigerianstockexchange.biz

Website:www.nigerianstockexchange.com

 

 

BRANCHES:

Abuja (Area Office)

Kaduna

Port Harcourt

Kano

Onitsha

Ibadan

Yola

Benin

Ilorin

Uyo

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, PhD, OON (Chairman)

Mr. Kene Okafor (Editor)

Mr. Farooq Oreagba (Editor)

Mr. Arize Nwobu (Deputy Editor)

  

Copyright:

The Nigerian  Stock Exchange

ISBN 978 0262 - 1 - 6

 

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FACTBOOK 2008

 

 

 

EQUITY ASSURANCE PLC

 

 

1. Central Control Office:

  Equity Place

  Plot 1196, Bishop Oluwole Street,

  Victoria Island, Lagos.

  Tel: 234-01-8118698, 8907919, 4740507;

  Fax: 234-01-2701007.

  Hotlines: 0806-07-9000, 0803-335-2258, 0803-318-5949,

  0805-410-1676, 0802-301-4095

 

  Registered Office:

  49, Tinubu Street,

  Ita-Eko, Ibara

  Abeokuta, Ogun State.

  Tel: 234-039-241698, 24323.

 

2. Nature of Business:

  General Insurance

 

3. Date of Incorporation:

  1984

  Merged with Equity Indemnity Limited in 2007

 

4. Date Listed on The Exchange:

  First Assurance Plc 1995

  Equity Assurance Plc on July 18, 2007

 

5. NSE Classification:

  Insurance

 

6. Board of Directors:

  Mr. Olufemi Somolu, (Chairman)

  Mr. Ibidolapo Balogun, (MD/CEO)

  Mr. Pius I. Olarewaju

  Mr. Ayodele Talabi

  Mr. Francis Olajide Ogunbanjo

  Alhaji Baba Othman Tofa

  Mr. Michael Olayemi Cardoso

  Mr. Adegboyega Isiaka

  Mrs. Ola Adeola

  Dr. Olufemi Oni

  Alhaji Bello Dan Bappa

 

7. Company Secretary:

  BST Nominees Limited

  Marble House (7th Floor)

  1, Kingsway Road,

  Ikoyi, Lagos.

 

8. Auditors:

  Segun Oyegbola & Co.,

  (Chartered Accountants)

  10th Floor, Unity House

  3, Campbell Street,

  Lagos.

 

  Balogun Badejo & Co.,

  (Chartered Accountants)

  6, Ilupeju Bye-Pass

  Lagos.

 

9. Company Registrars:

  Sterling Registrars Limited

  Knight Frank House,

  3, Campbell Street,

  Lagos.

 

10. End of Accounting Year

  31st December

 

11. Number of Employees

  97

 

12. Capital Structure

  i.  Authorised:   N4,000,000,000.00

  ii.  Paid-Up       N3,853,941,520.00

 

13. Stucture of Shareholding

  Gateway Holdings Limited - 16.4%

  KTY Investments Limited - 6.50%

  I.A. Balogun  - 6.08%

  Life Care Ventures Limited - 5.11%

  Others Nigerian Citizens and Asso.- 65.91%

 

 

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL SUMMARY

 

ASSETS                                             2007          2006          2005          2004          2003

EMPLOYED                                       N‘000         N‘000         N‘000         N‘000         N‘000

 

Fixed assets                                   966,538      170,840      190,716        18,714        25,844

Statutory deposit                             300,000        20,000        20,000        20,000        10,500

Investments                                  2,926,977        48,412        65,568      134,035        30,972

Current assets                              1,064,786      246,128        84,421        52,012        60,733

Goodwill                                         959,890                -                -                -                -

                                                 --------------    -------------     ------------     ------------     ------------

                                                  6,218,191      485,380      360,705      224,761      128,049

Current liabilities                            (442,330)      (72,285)      (26,484)      (58,040)      (57,621)

                                                 --------------    -------------     ------------     ------------     ------------

                                                  5,775,861      413,095      334,221      166,721        70,428

                                                 ========  ========  ========  ========  ========

FINANCED BY:

CAPITAL AND RESERVE

Share capital                                3,853,941      240,127      224,118      224,118      100,000

Reserves                                        610,682        35,449        37,553    (105,608)      (67,541)

Contingency reserve                         117,379        19,808        11,051         8,269         7,193

Share premium                                674,400                -        15,505        15,505        10,121

Insurance funds                               519,459      117,711        45,994        24,437        20,655

                                                 --------------    -------------     ------------     ------------     ------------

                                                  5,775,861      413,095      334,221      166,721        70,428

                                                 ========  ========  ========  ========  ========

 

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

Net premium written                       1,293,016      223,604        88,111        33,050        23,358

Profit/(Loss) before tax                    498,705        55,872        15,711      (35,746)      (38,063)

Taxation                                         (53,664)       (1,741)       (1,657)          (759)          (285)

                                                 --------------    -------------     ------------     ------------     ------------

Profit/(Loss) after tax                       445,041        54,131        14,054      (36,505)      (38,348)

Contingency reserve                        (97,571)       (8,756)       (2,782)       (1,076)          (701)

                                                 --------------    -------------     ------------     ------------     ------------

Profit/(Loss) transferred to

revenue reserve                               347,470        45,375        11,272      (37,581)      (39,049)

                                                 ========  ========  ========  ========  ========

 

PER 50K SHARE DATA

Earnings per share (k)

- Actual                                                   6              11               3             (8)            (19)

- Adjusted                                                6               1           0.18           0.47           0.50

Dividend per share (k)                                -                -                -                -                -

Net assets per share (k)                             

- Actual                                                  65              86              75              37              35

- Adjusted                                              65               5               4               2           0.91

Stock quotation (k)                                235              84              84              84              88

 

NOTE:

Earnings per share, dividend per share and net assets per share are based on the issued ordinary shares of 50k each at each year end while the adjusted figures are based on 7,707,882,600 ordinary shares of 50k in issue as at December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Important Note:

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is accepted for any error, which may occur in this book.

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