Type Conglomerate Motto Transcorp | Founded 2004 | |
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Subsidiaries Transcorp Hotels Plc Key people Emmanuel Nnorom, Tony Chukwueke, Dupe Olusola | ||
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), is a diversified conglomerate with strategic investments and core interests in the hospitality, agribusiness and energy sectors. A publicly quoted conglomerate with a diversified shareholders base of about 290,000 investors, its notable assets include Transcorp Hotels Plc (Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja and Transcorp Hotels, Calabar); Teragro Commodities Limited, Heirs Holdings Limited, Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited and Transcorp Energy Limited, operator of OPL 281.
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Origin
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc “Transcorp” was incorporated on November 16, 2004. The original concept was that Transcorp would be a conglomerate, similar to the South Korean Chaebols.
Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja
Transcorp Hilton Hotel is a 670-room 4 star Hotel with accommodation, dining, meeting rooms and leisure facilities.
Transcorp Hotels, Calabar
The 146-room Transcorp Hotel is a destination hotel and is located in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Teragro Commodities Limited, operator of the Teragro Benfruit Plant, Benue State, Nigeria
Teragro Commodites Limited is the agribusiness subsidiary of Transcorp. Teragro Limited runs a juice concentrate plant in the Middle Belt area of Nigeria where the supply of agricultural raw materials are readily available. Its products are offered at a business-to-business enterprise model.
Transcorp Energy Limited, operator of OPL 281
Transcorp Energy was established in 2008 for upstream petroleum exploration. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc that is active across the entire energy value chain.
Transcorp Power Limited
Transcorp Power Limited (TPL) is a subsidiary of Transcorp. The company is the owner and operator of the Ughelli Power Plant which was privatised by the Federal Government of Nigeria during the privatisation of Nigerian Power Assets. The plant has an installed capacity of 1000MW. The plant is located in Delta State and has an available capacity of 480 MW as at November 2015. TUPL has made full payment of $300million for the plant.
Acquisitions
The Hilton, Hotel, Abuja: In December, 2005, Transcorp acquired 51% controlling stake in the Hilton Abuja for the sum of $105 million (equivalent at the time to N13.7billion) after a very competitive bid. The remaining 49% is owned by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE).
Rumens Road: Transcorp also acquired Rumens Road Apartments at 1 Rumens Road, Ikoyi, Lagos in 2005 for N377m.
Oil Blocs: Transcorp acquired two oil blocs in the May 2006 bidding round, consolidated in one oil bloc, OPL 281 . Ownership of the OPL 281 oil bloc, which had previously been revoked by the Department of Petroleum Resources, was returned to Transcorp in February 2011 after the payment of the balance of the signature bonus . Transcorp is already partnering with Equity Energy Resources (EER), and a pan African energy company called SAC-Oil Holdings of South Africa, to take equity and provide resources that will bring the oil bloc into operation.
Metropolitan Hotel, (now Transcorp Hotels) Calabar: Transcorp acquired the 146-room Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar (now re-branded Transcorp Hotels Calabar) in June 2010.
Benfruits Plant: On November 29, 2010, Transcorp signed a lease agreement with the Benue State Government for the Benfruits juice concentrate plant in Markurdi, Benue State.
Ughelli Power Plant On September 25, 2012, Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited (TUPL) (which comprises Wood Rock Energy Resources Limited, Symbion power LLC, Thomassen Holding Limited, Medea Development S.A., Tenoil Petroleum and Energy Services Limited and PSL Engineering and Control Limited) won the $300m bid for the acquisition of the Ughelli Power Plant, one of the six power generation companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) being privatised by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Ughelli plant is a thermal power generating plant located in Delta State, Nigeria with installed capacity of 1000MW but currently producing 330MW which accounts for 8% of Nigeria's total power generation. On February 21, 2013, Transcorp attended the official signing ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria for the winning bidders of the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria. The ceremony was presided over by the Nigerian Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo and hosted by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). TUPL met the 25 per cent deposit deadline by paying the sum of US$75million to the BPE on March 20, 2013 and on August 21, 2013, TUPL made payment to the BPE of $225million, representing 75 per cent of the $300million bid price for the 1000 mega watts capacity Ughelli Power Plant. On November 1, 2013, the Federal Government of Nigeria officially handed over the plant to Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited
Recent Partnerships
On January 30, 2013, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and General Electric (GE) signed a framework agreement to collaborate to address the infrastructural needs of Nigeria, with emphasis on the power and transportation sectors specifically rail transportation. GE, a global leader in the design, manufacture, supply, installation and maintenance of technology and services for the power sector, confirmed its commitment to facilitate the generation of 10,000MW of additional power in Nigeria over the next decade in line with its existing agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria, signed in March 2012.