According to the Business Daily, KenolKobil may be delisted from the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) should the deal to sell majority shareholding in the company to firm Puma Energy succeed.
Yesterday the firm released a cautionary statement announcing to its shareholders and the general public that the key shareholders of the listed company have signed an exclusive agreement with Puma Energy for the sale of their majority shareholdings in the company.
Should the transaction proceed successfully and the Swiss company acquires majority stake in the company it could then consider making a take-over. This does not occur often and would involve buying out the minority shareholders by acquiring all available shares and converting it to a private company.
KenolKobil would then be the second company to delist from the NSE after Unilever Tea Kenya which delisted in 2009 after its majority shareholder, Brooke Bond, bought out the minority shareholders.