DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Swala Oil & Gas (Tanzania) Plc (“Swala” or “the Company”) (http://www.swala-energy.co.tz) today listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (“DSE”) becoming the first public owned Oil and Gas Company in East Africa. The company is the 20th to list on the DSE and the 2nd to list under the Enterprise Growth Market (“EGM”), an equity market specifically intended for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups.
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Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1288 (His Excellency the former president of the United Republic of Tanzania, Alhaji Ali Hassan Mwinyi, rings the bell officiating the first trading day of Swala Oil & Gas Tanzania Plc on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). With him Swala CEO, Mr. David Mestres Ridge (L) and Swala Chairman, Mr. Ernest Massawe (R)
The company listed on the EGM with 99 million shares after a very successful Initial Public Offer (“IPO”) which raised 6,650,000,000 Billion TZS. This IPO was oversubscribed by nearly 4 million shares and has raised nearly 2 billion TZS more than the maximum subscription of 4.8 billion TZS.
The momentous event took place at the DSE offices and was graced by His Excellency the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi who rang the bell at 10:30 am EAT to officiate the event, the traditional symbol signifying the opening of Swala’s first trading day.
Former president Mwinyi asserted that Swala’s oversubscription shows a great investment appetite amongst Tanzanians in investing in their country’s economy and a growing confidence in the national Stock Exchange.
Mr. Moremi Marwa, CEO of the DSE remarked, “In October of 2013, the DSE introduced the EGM segment at the Exchange whose main objective is to enable Small and Medium Sized business access to the capital market. Swala is the second company to list on EGM within a year of its launching. Listing on DSE comes with transparency, good corporate practices and proper disclosures. Swala has made the right decision to join the family of companies aiming at being open and transparent to their shareholders, the public and the world at large”.
Chairman of Swala, Mr. Ernest Massawe further added, “Today’s listing on the EGM marks a new chapter for our company and another step forward in realizing our ambition to achieve a successful venture based on private and public partnership. We wish to extend our thanks to all those who have made this possible: the regulators, our advisors and, most importantly, our new investors. The company is now ready to commence its 2014 seismic programme and we look forward to fruitful results. I am confident that Swala, as a public company, will be able to capitalize on its achievements to date and continue to deliver for all its stakeholders”.
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Swala Oil and Gas Tanzania Plc.
For Further information please contact:
Swala Oil & Gas (Tanzania) Plc
David Mestres Ridge (CEO)
T: +61 8 6270 4700
david.mestres@swala-energy.com
www.swala-energy.co.tz
Frontline Porter Novelli
Irene Kiwia (MD)
T: +255 658870114
Irene@frontline.co.tz
About Swala:
Swala (http://www.swala-energy.co.tz) is the first oil and gas company to list on an East African stock exchange. It is an affiliated company to Swala Energy Limited, a company in turn listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with ticker “SWE”. Swala holds assets in the world-class East African Rift System with a total net land package in excess of 17,500km2. Swala has an active operational and business development programme to continue to grow its presence in the hydrocarbon provinces of East Africa.
About The Entrepreneurship Growth Market (“EGM”):
EGM is an equity market specifically intended for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. With the liberalization of the Tanzanian economy, entrepreneurship is growing more and more; the number of SMEs has been increasing and is expected to increase further. However, both the government’s policy and strategic studies and CMSA’s capital markets studies have unequivocally shown that access to capital has been a key hindrance to the development of entrepreneurship and growth of SMEs.
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