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Jpmorgan, HSBC Said Planning To Bid For $4 Billion Saudi IPO
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 20 - 03 - 2014

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) are among banks planning to compete for a role in the largest Saudi Arabian share sale in at least 12 years, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.
The banks will vie with local lenders including Banque Saudi Fransi (BSFR) and Gulf International Bank to be appointed as financial adviser on the sale of a 15 percent stake in Jeddah-based National Commercial Bank, the people said, asking not to be named as the information isn't public. NCB, as the lender is known, sent out a request for proposals to banks to manage the initial public offering earlier this week, the people said.
The first Saudi bank IPO since 2008 could raise about 16 billion riyals ($4.3 billion) based on NCB's profits and trading values of other Saudi banks, according to Asim Bukhtiar, head of research at Riyad Capital, the investment-banking unit of Riyad bank. That would surpass the 15 billion-riyal offering by Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) in 2002, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is selling part of its 69 percent holding in NCB, bank chairman Mansoor Al Maiman said Feb. 27.
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A request for proposals "was sent to a selected number of authorized persons to act as the financial advisor for the IPO process as per CMA requirements," NCB said in an e-mailed statement yesterday, referring to the Saudi financial market regulator. "Once the selection is made, the selected financial advisor will be announced."
Saudi Arabia's stock market is the Gulf's largest, with a market value of about $506 billion. Foreign investors cannot trade directly on the exchange, instead they have to invest through swaps or funds.
NCB is one of several companies planning IPOs to take advantage of the surging Tadawul All Share Index, which has gained 9.2 percent this year. ACWA Power International, a Saudi Arabian energy producer, earlier this month hired Saudi Fransi Capital to advise on a sale that could raise as much as $1.1 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter. Samba Financial Group in February said it was appointed financial adviser for an offering of shares in the cargo arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines.
JPMorgan was adviser and sole underwriter on the $2.5 billion IPO of Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (MAADEN) in 2008. The U.S. bank, along with HSBC, GIB and NCB's own investment banking arm, last month arranged a 5 billion-riyal sukuk for NCB.
A spokeswoman for JPMorgan declined to comment, as did spokesmen at HSBC and Saudi Fransi. A spokeswoman for GIB didn't immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
Source : Bloomberg


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