Spinneys increases retail share offering for upcoming IPO

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Spinneys announced that it is boosting the number of shares allotted to the UAE Retail Offering within its initial public offering (IPO) on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM).

Spinneys sees high demand for IPO

Following approval from the UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority, the UAE Retail Offering has been upped from 45 million shares to 63 million shares. Consequently, the UAE Retail Offering will now constitute 7 per cent of the total offer shares, as opposed to the previously announced 5 percent, as per a statement issued by Dubai Media Office.

This adjustment stems from substantial investor interest observed among first tranche subscribers.

The overall size of the offering remains steady at 900 million shares, equivalent to 25 per cent of the company’s total issued share capital.

With the increased allocation to the UAE Retail Offering, the Qualified Investor Offering (second tranche subscribers) will receive 837 million shares instead of the initially planned 855 million shares, accounting for 93 percent of the total offer shares compared to the previously announced 95 percent.

DFM debut

The subscription period for the IPO remains unchanged, which closed on Monday, April 29 for UAE retail investors and Tuesday, April 30 for professional investors.

The offer price range is set between Dh1.42 and Dh1.53 per share, indicating a market capitalisation upon listing ranging from approximately Dhs5.11bn to Dh5.51bn. Spinneys aims to raise up to Dhs1.38bn($375m) from its IPO.

Trading of Spinneys is set to debut on Thursday, May 9.

We were very excited to announce the opening of subscriptions for our IPO yesterday. Subscriptions will be open for eligible retail investors until 29 April.
For information on how to subscribe, visit https://t.co/U7GdXuwe7r. pic.twitter.com/zlIszOiMLc

— Spinneys UAE (@Spinneys_UAE) April 24, 2024

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