Financial

This fully integrated financial services group is one of the big four South African retail, commercial and investment banks. The group, through its First National Bank, Rand Merchant Bank, and Wesbank brands, is active across the financial services industry. FirstRand is represented in various African jurisdictions including SADC, Nigeria, the UK, Dubai, Australia, China and India.

MIC transaction overview

  • The FirstRand empowerment transaction was concluded in 2005, with MIC becoming a BEE partner alongside Kagiso Trust and WDB through the FirstRand Empowerment Trust (FRET)
  • In May 2010, as envisaged in the original transaction structure, the empowerment partners’ debt was successfully refinanced for the second period (to 2015) of the transaction
  • MIC subsequently acquired the KCT stake in FRET
  • In December 2018, the debt was repaid and the shares vested directly to MIC and MIT.
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Boasting offices in Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Durban and Namibia, African Marine Solutions (AMSOL) is a specialist solutions provider and partner to clients who operate in marine environments. AMSOL is the only marine solutions provider in the region that is employee and management owned, and is a catalyst for economic empowerment and shared value creation.The company’s services offering is vast and covers several industries, including ports, mining, maritime and energy.MIC transaction overview In 2016, MIC Capital Partners (a joint venture between MIC and RMB Ventures) acquired an 18% interest in AMSOL

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