Vivo Energy

Vivo Energy plc, commonly referred to as Vivo Energy, is a British downstream petroleum company with its headquarters in London. It maintains subsidiaries and operations in 23 countries across Africa that encompass the supply, storage, distribution, and retail of a range of petroleum products. Vivo Energy is a Royal Dutch Shell and Engen Petroleum licensee and sources, distributes, markets and supplies fuels and lubricants. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and of the JSE All Share Index.

This article is about the downstream petroleum company. For other uses, see Vivo (disambiguation).

Vivo Energy plc
TypePublic
LSE: VVO
IndustryOil and gas
Founded2011
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Area served
Africa
Key people
John Daly, Chairman
Christian Chammas, CEO
ServicesFuel stations
RevenueUS$ 8,302 million (2019)[1]
US$ 310 million (2019)[1]
US$ 150 million (2019)[1]
Number of employees
2,600 (2019)[1]
WebsiteVivo Energy

History

Vivo Energy was established in 2011, as a partnership between Vitol Group, a Swiss-based Dutch-owned multinational energy and commodity trading company, and Helios Investment Partners, a United Kingdom-based private equity firm, with the objective to purchase majority shares in the downstream fuels business of Royal Dutch Shell in Africa for approximately $1 billion.[2]

Cape Verde, Senegal, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia joined Vivo Energy in December 2011. They were followed by Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea in February 2012;[3] Botswana and Namibia in October 2012;[4] Kenya in November 2012;[5] Uganda in February 2013,[6] Ghana in August 2013[7] and Mozambique in August 2013.[8]

Vivo Energy had its initial public offering in May 2018[9] that saw its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange with a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.[10] This IPO was the largest in the LSE in 2018 and saw the founding shareholders, Vitol and Helios, raise GBP 548 million.[11]

Until spring 2019 Vivo Energy was a Shell licensee operating in 16 African markets: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda.[12] However, in March 2019, Vivo Energy completed a transaction with Engen Petroleum, adding eight new countries and 230 Engen-branded service stations to its network. The new markets for Vivo Energy were Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; accordingly Vivo operates in 23 countries.[13]

Operations

As of October 2020, the company operates 2,200 service stations across its markets.[14]

Ownership

The shares of Vivo Energy are listed on the London Stock Exchange and cross-listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. As of 31 December 2019, the top shareholders of Vivo Energy were:[15]

Vivo Energy Stock Ownership
RankName%
1 Vitol Group 36.10
2 Helios Investment Partners associated companies 29.06
3 Others via the LSE and JSE 24.59
4 Capital Group Companies Inc 5.25
5 Engen Holdings (Pty) Ltd of the South Africa 5.00
Total 100.00

References
  1. "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Vivo Energy. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. Kumwenda, Olivia (19 February 2011). "Shell to sell Africa downstream stake for $1 billion". Johannesburg: Reuters.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. Vitol (29 February 2012). "Vivo Energy – 2nd phase of Africa transaction completes". Geneva: Vitol. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. Seitshiro, Kabelo (22 October 2012). "Shell Botswana Gets New Corporate Brand". The Sunday Standard. Gaborone. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. Senelwa, Kennedy (5 May 2012). "Kenya Shell sold to Nigerian fund in billion-dollar deal". The East African. Nairobi. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. Senelwa, Kennedy (16 February 2013). "Vivo takes over from Shell in Uganda". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. Ghana Trade Ministry (August 2013). "Vivo Energy Ghana Takes Over From Shell Ghana". Ghanatrade.gov.gh (Ghana Trade Ministry). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. "Vivo Energy Mozambique". African Intelligence. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. "Vivo Energy plc - IPO Prospectus" (PDF). Vivo Energy plc. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. "Vivo Energy closes biggest Africa-focused IPO in a decade". FT. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  11. "Vivo Energy - largest UK-listed African IPO in over a decade". LSEG. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  12. Ngugi, Brian (27 April 2017). "Shell completes sale of Africa retail business to Vivo Energy". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  13. "Vivo Energy completes Engen deal". The Herald. 14 October 2020.
  14. "Vivo profit slumps as Covid-19 hits fuel sales". Buiness Day. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  15. "Vivo Energy 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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