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Aramco’s blockbuster secondary share sale was fully covered just “hours” after kicking off yesterday, Bloomberg reports, citing a document it saw. The oil giant’s offering met with sharp investor appetite and will see the transaction fully covered “within the price range,” Reuters reports, citing one of the banks working on the offering. Aramco had set a price range of SAR 26.70-29.00.
Remember: The oil giant is taking an additional 0.64% stake to market, or 1.5 bn ordinary shares, guiding on a price range of SAR 26.70-29.00 a piece, it said in a statement on Thursday. Institutional book-building continues until this Thursday, 6 June, according to a separate statement (pdf). The three-day subscription period for retail investors starts today and wraps this Wednesday for a minimum of 10 shares each with no upper limit.
What’s next: The final allocation of shares and the offering’s final price will both be announced on Friday, 7 June, and trading on the newly sold shares will begin next Sunday, 9 June. Excess subscription amounts will be returned on Tuesday, 11 June.
Advisors: SNB Capital is lead manager. HSBC, BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Meryll Lynch, and SNB Capital will act as joint global coordinators, bookrunners and financial advisors. EFG Hermes KSA, Al Rajhi Capital, Riyad Capital, and Saudi Fransi Capital will act as domestic bookrunners. Meanwhile, M. Klein and Company and Moelis will act as independent financial advisors. Meryll Lynch will act as the stabilizing manager. White & Case will act as Aramco’s legal advisor. Pwc will act as auditor.
MARKETS THIS MORNING-
Asian markets are solidly in the green in early trading this morning. Of the major benchmarks we follow, only the Shanghai Composite is flat. US and European stock futures were up slightly overnight as western markets look forward to the first trading day in June. (Anybody else wondering where the first five months of the year went?)
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ADX |
8,863 |
+1.3% (YTD: -7.5%) |
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DFM |
3,978 |
+0.2% (YTD: -2.0%) |
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Nasdaq Dubai UAE20 |
3345 |
+0.5% (YTD: -12.9%) |
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USD : AED CBUAE |
Buy 3.67 |
Sell 3.67 |
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EIBOR |
5.1% o/n |
5.4% 1 yr |
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Tadawul |
11,625 |
+1.1% (YTD: -2.9%) |
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EGX30 |
26,870 |
-0.2% (YTD: +7.9%) |
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S&P 500 |
5,278 |
+0.8% (YTD: +10.6%) |
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FTSE 100 |
8,275 |
+0.5% (YTD: +8.8%) |
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Euro Stoxx 50 |
4,984 |
0.0% (YTD: +10.2%) |
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Brent crude |
USD 81.11 |
-0.9% |
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Natural gas (Nymex) |
USD 2.59 |
+0.6% |
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Gold |
USD 2,346 |
-0.9% |
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BTC |
USD 67,798 |
+0.1% (YTD: +60.3%) |
THE CLOSING BELL-
The DFM rose 0.2% yesterday on turnover of AED 641.4 mn. The index is down 2% YTD.
In the green: Manazel (+12.9%), Eshraq (+6.0%) and EasyLease (+5.7%).
In the red: Abu Dhabi National Co. for Building Materials (-9.8%), Rapco Investment (-9.4%) and Ghitha Holdings (-3.3%).
Over on the ADX, the index rose 1.3% on turnover of AED 2.15 bn. Meanwhile, Nasdaq Dubai rose 0.5%.
CORPORATE ACTIONS-
Al Ansari Financial Services tapped Al Ramz Capital as a liquidity provider for its shares on DFM, Al Ramz said in a disclosure (pdf). Al Ansari and BHM Capital had agreed not to renew BHM’s contract as Al Ansar’s liquidity provider for another term past 28 June of this year.
