Business Desk :
Midland Bank gets nod to raise Tk 70 crore through issuing seven crore ordinary shares in an initial public offering (IPO).
The approval came on Wednesday from a meeting of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) held at the commission building headed by BSEC Chairman Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam. With the IPO proceeds, the bank would invest in government securities and listed companies’ stocks, the commission said in a press release. The lender’s weighted average earnings per share was Tk 1.07 and net asset value was Tk 13 at the end of 2021. However, the stockmarket regulator has added a condition, which is the bank has to ensure 2 per cent shareholding by each director and 30 per cent shareholding jointly.
