Access Holdings has released a notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Access Holdings PLC on the 18th of December, 2025 to get shareholders nod to raise additional capital for the company. This comes as a surprise to shareholders who had thought that Access Holdings PLC had completed their capital raise following Central Bank of Nigeria's directive last year to shore up the capital base of Nigerian banks. Access Holdings was one of the first commercial banks to meet up with the new minimum Capital base requirement of ₦500 billion ahead of the 2026 deadline through a rights issue done between July and August 2024, where they raised over ₦350 billion with the offer priced at ₦19.75 per share, which took up their shares outstanding to over 53 billion shares. The Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting which was published on the NGX on the 27th of November, 2025 outlined that the company will be raising an additional capital of up to ₦40 billion or such other amount or their equ...

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