color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext">On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the company color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext; mso-fareast-language:fr">Agro-Industrielle Sucrivoire has carried out the first listing of its convertible bond in the amount of 36 billion FCFA at the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM).

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The loan bond, issued by public offering, is for a total amount of 36 billion FCFA, with a nominal value of 10,000 FCFA per bond, or 36 000 securities issued. The proposed interest rate is 8.55% gross per year, for a maturity of seven years, including a three-year deferral in the repayment of capital. La The subscription period ran from February 28 to March 28, 2025. This operation According to the managing director of Sucrivoire, Pierluigi Passerra, is part of a dynamic aimed at to accelerate the transformation of the company, to strengthen its competitiveness and to consolidate its positive impact on economic and agricultural fabrics nationals. The company is proud to be part of this approach as a national champion, at the service of local transformation, employment and territorial development. Arial; mso-fareast-language:en"> style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: “Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language:en">According to the company's CEO, “this rating is an exemplary step for all Ivorian businesses. It shows that financial innovation, when well-structured, can be a powerful lever to accelerate the development of local actors, while opening up new opportunities for responsible investment.” He has added that the company thus intends to show the way to all those who want to grow while remaining locally rooted and useful to society.

The director General of the BRVM, Dr Félix Edoh For his part, Kossi Amenounvé congratulated Sucrivoire for the success of this operation carried out in” 100%”. He pointed out that the bond conversion option offered to investors constitute a “booming international market”. As far as the BRVM is concerned, This is the very first time that a convertible bond has been admitted to the Stock exchange listing.