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DUBAI: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵn supermarket retailer BinDawood Holding set an indicative price for its initial public offering, seeking to raise as much as $585 million (2.19 billion Saudi riyals) in a Riyadh listing.
The company plans to offer 22.86 million existing shares at an indicative pricing of between $22.44 and $25.64 (84 riyals to 96 riyals) per share in the planned IPO, according to a regulatory filing on Sunday. It will sell 20 percent of the company through the sale of existing shares.
It targets a valuation of between $2.56 billion and $2.94, according to Reuters calculations.
BinDawood’s IPO marks another major listing for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s bourse, as companies tap into Saudi demand for shares since oil giant Aramco’s record IPO last year.
The bookbuilding period for institutional investors will take place between Sept. 13-22, the filing said. The subscription period for retail investors will take place between Sept. 27-29. Allocations of the shares will take place on Oct. 1.
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is encouraging more family-owned companies to list in a bid to deepen its capital markets under reforms aimed at reducing the kingdom’s reliance on oil revenues.
BinDawood, which owns the Danube and BinDawood supermarket brands, manages over 70 hypermarkets and supermarkets in major Saudi cities including Makkah, Medina, Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar and Dammam, according to its website.
The BinDawood supermarket chain is focused on the middle-income customers and Muslim pilgrims in the kingdom, while the Danube chain is focused on wealthier customers.