The ICreate initial public offer of shares will open on Thursday, January 31.
The issue is scheduled to close on February 14, with the prospectus set to be released this week, word reaching IC Insider.com reveals.
The issue is a sale of 74,062,500 ordinary shares to the public at $1.01 each. The shares will be listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, if the issue is successful. Revenue is said to be running in the region of just under $50 million per annum with prospects for strong growth going forward. Already the company is making a small profit, IC Insider.com gathers. The business is the training of students in graphic designs and animation.
The majority shares are owned by EMedia Limited, with Sagicor Investments, holding a minority position. Broker to the deal is Sagicor Investments.
ICreate ipo opens January 31
Record new JSE listings for 2019
This year could be a busy one for Initial public offers (IPOS) and record new listings on The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), giving investors many more choices for placing their money.
Nine IPOs came to the market in 2018 with three in December, giving investors more investment choices than in 2017. For 2019, ICreate will be the first IPO out of the block. The government owned Wigton Wind Farm’s IPO will be launched early 2019, probably by March, but it is not one for all investors, in spite of what some politicians would want to see happening. IC Insider.com gathers others to come include, a central Jamaica Manufacturing entity with strong export base, a large paint company and one in the BPO sector.
In addition, IC Insider.com gathers that there are at least another three IPOs, should definitely make it to the market this year.
The JSE is projecting for 21 new listing in the current year, Marlene Street Forrest, General Managing Director, informed IC Insider.com recently.
“The main market expects 10 of the total and the Junior Market 11. The list includes both ordinary and preference shares”, Street Forrest stated.
ICreate to open January
The ICreate initial public offer of shares is expected to open on January 4 with the prospectus set to be released either later this week or next week.
Information gleaned by IC Insider.com is that 74 million ordinary shares will be offered for sale to the public at approximately $1 each and is slated to list on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Revenue is said to be running at just under $50 million per annum with prospects for strong growth going forward. Already the company is making a small profit IC Insider.com gathers. The business is the training of students in graphic designs and animation.
The majority shares are owned by EMedia Limited with Sagicor Investments holding a minority position in it.
I Create another IPO coming soon
iCreate, a fairly new company that is involved in the creative industry is at an advanced stage of planning to raise funds publicly by way of an IPO, ahead of a potential listing on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
According to the company’s website, they are a Creative Institute, developed with the aim of filling the gap in skills training and development of creatives in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. As a part of the creative eco-system, students are provided with a wide range of career opportunities in the Creative Economy, while being a key partner of the Advertising Industry, Film Production Companies, Animation and Gaming Companies, and Creative Outsourcing initiatives.
iCreate partners with the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) as its Creative Training arm for courses offered in Jamaica and the Caribbean. iCreate is also partnered with the Digital Marketing Institute, to become the only institution in the Caribbean licensed to deliver their Digital Marketing Diploma programme.
The majority shares are currently owned by eMedia Interactive Group with Sagicor Investment said to hold 19 percent of the shares. The total of just over 123.5 million shares issued are issued currently that will go to 196 million if the IPO is fully taken up. The issue should be coming to the market place soon, by the end of the year or early in 2019. Tyrone Wilson is the Managing Director of the Group.
Also expected to list in 2019 are Wigton Wind Farm which will provide an investment more for income than growth. Also exploring listing are a paint company and a manufacturing company from central Jamaica.
