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    Home»News»PIC to probe purchase of stake in Iqbal Survé’s Ayo

    PIC to probe purchase of stake in Iqbal Survé’s Ayo

    News By Agency Staff29 May 2018
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    The Public Investment Corp is looking into how Africa’s biggest money manager decided to spend R4.3bn to back last year’s initial public offering of IT company Ayo Technology Solutions.

    The PIC, which manages South African state-worker pensions, paid R43/share for a 29% stake, valuing Ayo at R14.8bn even though its assets were estimated at R292m. That was at the top of an issue price range of R28-R43, according to a 7 November note to shareholders. The stock has lost 19% since the December listing.

    “The investment committee wants to ensure that all investment processes were followed,” Deon Botha, the PIC’s head of corporate affairs, said on Tuesday. Earlier, Business Day said the purchase wasn’t put to PIC’s board and some board members are now asking an investment committee examine the deal, the newspaper said.

    Ayo shares slumped 13% to R35 as of 12.20pm in Johannesburg. On 23 April, the stock tumbled after Fin24 reported that the Public Servants Association had questioned the deal. Ayo is controlled by Iqbal Surve, the businessman who was forced to cancel a listing of media group Sagarmatha Technologies last month.  — Reported by Janice Kew, (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP

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