BUA Foods Set To Share N81 Billion to Shareholders, Rabiu, and His Brother To Get 95% Share

BUA Foods Set To Share N81 Billion to Shareholders, Rabiu, and His Brother To Get 95% Share

  • BUA foods have declared an impressive financial result and have decided to reward its shareholders with 81 billion
  • Abdulsamad Rabiu, and his brother, Isyaku Rabiu are the biggest shareholders of BUA foods
  • Both of them will be walking home with a whopping N75 billion as dividends rewards

BUA Foods, a major player in Nigeria's food and beverage industry, has declared a dividend payment of N4.50 per share for the year 2022 in its audited financials submitted to the Nigerian exchange.

This dividend payment totals N81 billion and will be distributed to BUA Foods' shareholders

The amount represents a 28.57 percent rise over the N63 billion distributed in 2021.

Rabiu and brother
Abdulsamad and his brother Isyaku are BUA foods' largest shareholders. Photo credit: BUA
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BUA foods' largest shareholders

Analysis by Legit.ng shows that Nigeria's second richest man Abdulsamad Rabiu, and his brother, Isyaku Rabiu, are set to receive N75.4 billion which is 95 percent of the total amount for 2022.

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As Rabiu has a larger control of the company, it is expected that he will receive the biggest share.

His total shareholdings of 16.6 billion (16,676,364,661), comprising 16.1 billion (16,172,601,967) held directly and 501,168,805 held indirectly through BUA International Limited and BUA Industries Limited, will result in a whopping N75.04 billion for him.

Kabiru Isyaku Rabiu his brother has a shareholding of 1.4m (1,401,654) which will give him N6.30 million.

BUA records impressive 2022

The company's announcement of a dividend payment is a direct result of its impressive financial performance in 2022.

Key highlights from the financial report revealed that the company's revenue increased from N333.27 billion in 2021 to N418.3 billion in 2022.

Additionally, the company's profit before tax totaled N107.22 billion, while its profit after tax reached N91.34 billion.

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The report further highlights that the sales volume was mainly propelled by the company's fortified and non-fortified sugar products. Bakery flour, pasta, bran, and molasses accounted for the remainder of the company's turnover.

Rabiu brothers make over N110bn in 8 hours, as company's market value soars

Ealier in another report, Abdul Samad Rabiu and his brother Kabiru Rabiu, who co-own BUA Foods Plc, saw their fortune grow as the market value of their firm boomed

The market value of BUA Foods, which is part of the BUA Group, increased by N119 billion due to a significant rise in the company's share price

The Rabiu brothers are the largest shareholders of BUA foods, hence the increase in the firm's market value made them over N110 billion in 8 hours of trading

Source: Legit.ng

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Dave Ibemere (Senior Business Editor) Dave Ibemere is a senior business editor at Legit.ng. He is a financial journalist with over a decade of experience in print and online media. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of Lagos. He is a member of the African Academy for Open-Source Investigation (AAOSI), the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and other media think tank groups. He previously worked with The Guardian, BusinessDay, and headed the business desk at Ripples Nigeria. Email: dave.ibemere@corp.legit.ng.