@2012, I only quoted the above examples to share my thoughts regarding how perceptions have changed (for the worse) regarding equities in Kenya in general since 2008.
In my view you should not look at the 9/= price in isolation. There will be 650 million shares for the IPO - that's not exactly a small no. This is more than the entire listed shares of KNRE (600m) and about 6 times of PanAfric shares (96m after the bonus is credited). In addition indications are that current shareholders will be allowed to sell 49% of their current holdings which will potentially add another close to 750 million shares.
Of greater concern however is that BA has just come from a very good year in terms of performance and it was not in their core business hence almost
no chance of replication. When H1 results are released, what do you think the reaction will be to a significant drop in earnings?
I believe that if the IPO is succesful, BA will become a very strong company. It will be the most
capitalized insurance/investment company. The question is in order to
maximize our gains at what point does one get in. Before or after the IPO? I am still inclined to participate in the IPO but ready to bolt immediately after listing and then get in later. Now, let's wait for the IM.
2012 wrote:mwanahisa wrote:[quote=2012]Remember except for the KPLC rights issue which just squeaked through, both CoopBank and the KCB rights issue were not fully taken up.
KPLC and KCB were rights. In my views an IPO is different because unlike rights where the current trading price is a big factor in setting the issue price and KCB's mistake was not clearly articulating what they needed the cash for otherwise as you can now see it is a strong counter and has withered that storm. At 9/- I honestly can't see it going south, I can't see anything that would drive it south fundamentally not even the current inflation, do you?