{"id":15093,"date":"2014-04-24T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T18:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=15093"},"modified":"2014-04-24T18:12:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T18:12:46","slug":"hfc-bank-boss-breaks-silence-on-banks-takeover-by-republic-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/hfc-bank-boss-breaks-silence-on-banks-takeover-by-republic-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"HFC bank boss breaks silence on bank\u2019s takeover by Republic bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The board and management of HFC bank have told <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> that they want the bank\u2019s ownership to be dominated by Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows moves by its single largest share holder, Republic bank of Trinidad and Tobago to take over the bank.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the Securities and Exchange Commission laws, the Republic bank last week made a mandatory offer to other shareholders of HFC to become the majority shareholder of the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <b>Citi Business News<\/b> at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank, managing director of HFC, Asare Akuffo said it is left with other shareholders to accept the offer made by the Republic bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company belongs to shareholders and they take final decisions in these matters.<\/p>\n<p>The board\u2019s advice as we speak is that we keep the bank\u2019s majority (shareholding) Ghanaian-controlled.\u00a0 But it is for the shareholders to decide\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asare Akuffo indicated the bank nonetheless will issue an appropriate response in a few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board will be issuing an official statement after taking advice from our lawyers. In a few days, the statement will come out and will explain everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile shareholders at the AGM approved a dividend of 3.5pesewas per share.<\/p>\n<p>It represents a 25 percent increase from that of the previous year where 2.8 pesewas was paid.<\/p>\n<p>Operating income for HFC last year went up by 79percent to 127.8million cedis.<\/p>\n<p>Its profit before tax went up by 176.7percent to 52.1million cedis.<\/p>\n<p>By: \u00a0Anim Kwaku Boadu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boaduanim\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @boaduanim<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The board and management of HFC bank have told Citi Business News that they want the bank\u2019s ownership to be dominated by Ghanaians. 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