Citi Business News<\/strong>, adb debunked the publication, adding that a pledge by the shareholders does not give uniBank the power to take over the bank.<\/p>\n\u201cIt is the opinion of adb that a pledge does not have the effect of the transfer of ownership. Thus if the shareholders mentioned herein have pledged their shares together with any benefits or privileges attached thereto that will not have the effect of making Unibank a shareholder of the Agricultural Development Bank Limited or constitute a takeover of the Bank,\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement pointed out that \u201c in accordance with the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act 2016 (Act 930), \u201c\u2026 a person shall not without the prior approval in writing of Bank of Ghana enter into an agreement or arrangement which will result in the change in control of a bank, specialised deposit-taking institutions or financial holding company\u201d.<\/p>\n
It reminded the shareholders that \u201cfor the purpose of share acquisition in financial institutions, the Bank of Ghana must grant approval of share acquisitions of five, ten, thirty, fifty or seventy-five percent of equity thresholds\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement, however, admitted that the Bank has received letters from Belstar Capital Limited, EDC Limited and Starmount Investment Limited having pledged their various shares in the Agricultural Development Bank Limited to Unibank<\/p>\n
According to the statement, adb is also in discussion with the Ghana Stock Exchange to restore trading on the Exchange.<\/p>\n
Making reference to the position of the Bank of Ghana, the statement said the Governor of Bank of Ghana during the commissioning of the Ecobank Head office in Accra, on 7th<\/sup> March, 2018; emphatically denounced as null and void the purported takeover of adb.<\/p>\n\u201cWe therefore wish to assure the Bank\u2019s numerous customers and the general public that the shareholding of the Bank remains unchanged and customers accounts and investments are adequately protected. Customers are particularly advised to go about their normal transactions with the Bank\u201d. It said.<\/p>\n
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By: citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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