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Unibank replenishes its authorized capital stock by 1.1 billion drams

YEREVAN, December 29. /ARKA/. The Yerevan-based Unibank said today it will use the proceeds raised from its IPO to replenish its authorized capital stock by about 1.1 billion drams to raise it to 14.1 billion drams.

Unibank’s first placement of ordinary nominal shares (UNIB) through an IPO at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, opened on December 18 was successfully completed December 24.
According to a Bank’s press release, the IPO was conducted as a standard open auction with a total of 186 transactions effected and 10,672,471 shares placed which raised 2,454,668,330 drams. The price of a share with the face value of 100 drams grew to 230 drams, it said.

Incidentally, Unibank is the first bank in Armenia to auction shares through IPO at NASDAQ OMX Armenia, choosing ARMENBROK OJSC as shares marketmaker. The decision to conduct an IPO was prompted by Unibank’s ambition to reach a new development level and become a people’s bank, according to the press release.

Today Unibank runs 45 branches and 50 promo points providing services to over 300,000 customers.
In 2015 December Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Unibank’s baseline credit assessment (BCA) of b3, adjusted BCA of b3, counterparty risk assessment of B1(cr)NP(cr) and B2/NP bank deposit ratings saying also its outlook remains stable.

Unibank was founded in October 2001. In 2002 it introduced Unistream system. Its only shareholder is Glover Holding LTD. In 2015 the Bank was reorganized into an open joint stock company. The bank’s assets at the end of September 2015 stood at 156 billion drams; the liabilities – at 135.3 billion drams; the capital was worth 20.7 billion drams. Its credit investments stood at 107. 6 billion drams. In the first 9 months of 2015 Unibank earned 761.3 million drams in net profit. ($1 – 481.63 drams). -0-

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