muganda wrote:You have to admire the gymnastics of Bharat Thakar. His business grows by 10% only, which would maybe have yielded negative return but then...
1. Milliard Brown is transformed from joint venture to subsidiary, giving a 280m or 15.4% boost
2. Interst income on money received from WPP gives a 112m windfall
And voila, overall profit perfore tax up 151%.
https://www.nse.co.ke/listed-com...ngroup-half-year-results BT has never shied away from "Interest Income" ... I recall when interest rates jumped to 25%, he took the cash from WPP and invested it while waiting for the right acquisition at the right price. He thinks like an owner because he is an OWNER. A 'manager' would take the cash & go hunting for an acquisition regardless of price so as to expand his fiefdom. See KQ.
WPP had shares in MB [or something like that] and the conversion to a subsidiary is a larger plan to get most SSA businesses under ScanGroup. Essentially, ScanGroup is being converted into a Holding Company and whose #1 shareholder is WPP. I believe BT has only a few more years before he retires or resigns from ScanGroup.
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