Bid by British shareholder to acquire PZ Cussons Nigeria falls apart
The plan by the British majority owner of consumer goods company PZ Cussons Nigeria to fully acquire the Lagos-listed organisation and take it private fell apart after a key regulator withheld an assent necessary to take the transaction further.
“The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has declined the company’s request for its No Objection to PZ Cussons (Holdings) Limited’s (“the majority shareholder”) intention to acquire the shares held by all the other shareholders,” a statement published on the…