University Press Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

University Press' CEO is Samuel Kolawole, appointed in Mar 2005, has a tenure of 19.08 years. directly owns 0.15% of the company’s shares, worth NGN1.63M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 14.6 years and 12.5 years respectively.

Key information

Samuel Kolawole

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	19.1yrs
CEO ownership	0.2%
Management average tenure	14.6yrs
Board average tenure	12.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Samuel Kolawole

19.1yrs

Tenure

Mr. Samuel Kolawole serves as the Managing Director at University Press PLC since March 10, 2005 and serves as it's Director. He had worked in various organizations, namely, Austin Mamedu & Co., as counsel...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Samuel Kolawole	MD & Director	19.1yrs	no data	0.15% NGN 1.6m
Ganiyu Adebayo	Executive Director of Finance & Director	14.6yrs	no data	0.050% NGN 534.0k
Timothy Jegede	Principal Manager of HRD	no data	no data	no data
Folakemi Bademosi	Executive Director of Publishing & Executive Director	11.1yrs	no data	0.043% NGN 457.5k
Binitie Aboyade-Cole	Company Secretary & Legal Adviser	no data	no data	no data
Ludovic Faustin	Group Financial Controller	no data	no data	no data

14.6yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: UPL's management team is seasoned and experienced (14.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Samuel Kolawole	MD & Director	no data	no data	0.15% NGN 1.6m
Ganiyu Adebayo	Executive Director of Finance & Director	14.6yrs	no data	0.050% NGN 534.0k
Folakemi Bademosi	Executive Director of Publishing & Executive Director	11.1yrs	no data	0.043% NGN 457.5k
Yomi Adewusi	Independent Director	13.9yrs	no data	0.075% NGN 798.1k
Obafunso Ogunkeye	Independent Chairman	14.1yrs	no data	0.20% NGN 2.2m
Ayodeji Olorunda	Independent Director	14.1yrs	no data	0.039% NGN 413.8k
Olayinka Lawal	Director	2.3yrs	no data	0.080% NGN 851.7k
Joseph Daudu	Director	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Josephine Diete-Spiff	Director	2.3yrs	no data	no data

12.5yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Board: UPL's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 12.5 years average tenure).

University Press Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Less than half of directors are independent

Less than half of directors are independent

Insufficient new directors

Recent updates

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: ₦0.28 loss per share (vs ₦0.26 loss in 3Q 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 21%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: ₦1.03 (vs ₦1.13 in 2Q 2023)

Upcoming dividend of ₦0.10 per share at 4.2% yield

New minor risk - Share price stability

First quarter 2024 earnings released: ₦0.22 loss per share (vs ₦0.38 loss in 1Q 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 24%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₦0.32 (vs ₦0.48 in FY 2022)

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: ₦0.26 loss per share (vs ₦0.09 profit in 3Q 2022)

Less than half of directors are independent

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₦1.07 (vs ₦0.85 in 2Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of ₦0.10 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First quarter 2023 earnings released: ₦0.38 loss per share (vs ₦0.35 loss in 1Q 2022)

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Insufficient new directors

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS ₦0.91 (vs ₦0.051 loss in 2Q 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Upcoming dividend of ₦0.05 per share

First quarter 2022 earnings released: ₦0.35 loss per share (vs ₦0.18 loss in 1Q 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS ₦0.093 (vs ₦0.29 in FY 2020)

New 90-day low: ₦1.20

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS ₦0.18 (vs ₦0.32 loss in 3Q 2020)

First half earnings released

Market bids up stock over the past week

Upcoming Dividend of ₦0.15 Per Share

First quarter earnings released

New 90-day high - ₦1.36

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