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Almajed Oud’s shares climbed 30% on their first day of trading on Tadawul’s main market yesterday, closing at SAR 122.2 apiece, up from their debut price of SAR 94.0 per share, according to market data. The shares hit the maximum of the ±30% band within which they are allowed to trade on the first three days during intraday trading. Starting from the fourth day of trading on the Tadawul, the band will be capped at no more than 10% up or down before circuit breakers kick in.
Background: The perfume maker wrapped up its 30% stake offering last month at SAR 94 apiece, allowing it to raise SAR 705 mn in proceeds, and giving it a market cap of SAR 24 bn at listing. The institutional tranche of the offering was 15.6x oversubscribed and the retail tranche was 8.2x oversubscribed.
ADVISORS- BSF Capital was financial advisor and lead manager, while Baker Mckenzie provided counsel to the issuer. Stat was counsel to the financial advisor, underwriter manager, institutional subscription manager and lead underwriter. PwC ran financial due diligence, while Euromonitor International acted as the market study advisor and BDO Dr. Mohamed Al Amri & Co was the independent financial auditor.
SAUDI IPO PIPELINE AT A GLANCE-
Among the transactions now in the market or expected soon:
- Fourth Milling Company (MC4) closed the retail tranche of its Tadawul IPO with a 3.9x oversubscription rate this week. The company is taking a 30% stake to market;
- Arabian Mills is selling a 30% stake on Tadawul, with its institutional offering selling out within hours and closing 132x oversubscribed;
- Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing Company has received regulatory approval to offer a 30% stake on Tadawul;
- Shalfa Facilities Management is planning to offer a 15% stake on the Nomu parallel market;
- Naqawa for Information Technology (Purity Tech) is taking a 25% stake public in an IPO on Tadawul’s parallel market Nomu;
- Real estate developer First Avenue is set to sell an 8.7% stake on the Nomu parallel market, pricing its offering at the top of the range after its bookbuilding process drew in strong investor interest;
- Hypermarket operator Lulu is said to be eyeing a dual listing on Tadawul and ADX this November;
- Singapore’s Olam Group is mulling the IPO of its Olam Agri subsidiary on Tadawul;
- Aster DM Healthcare looks set to spin off its GCC assets and seek a dual listing on Tadawul and in the UAE;
- PIF-backed lender Riyad Bank is considering the listing of its investment banking arm Riyad Capital;
- Nupco — a unit of the PIF — has reportedly tapped Rothschild & Co as financial advisor for its potential Tadawul IPO;
- Budget airline Flynas is reportedly looking to go public this year.
