Nahdi Medical issues prospectus to float 39 mln shares on Tadawul

21/02/2022 Argaam

Logo of Nahdi Medical Co.


Nahdi Medical Co. announced the prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO) of 39 million shares, or 30% of its capital, on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul).

 

Last December, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved the company’s request to sell part of its shares to the public in an IPO.

 

Retail investors’ subscription period runs for three days from March 13 -15.

  

The IPO targets two tranches, mainly:

 

Participating parties: This tranche comprises the parties entitled to participate in the book-building process as specified under the book-building instructions. The number of shares that will be allocated initially is 39 million, representing 100% of the total IPO. Final allocation of the offer shares will be made after the end of the subscription period for individual investors. The lead managers shall have the right to reduce the number of shares allocated to participating parties to 35.10 million shares, representing 90% of the total offer shares.

 

Retail investors: This tranche comprises Saudi Arabian natural persons, in addition to any non-Saudi natural person who is resident in the Kingdom or any GCC natural persons, provided they have a bank account with one of the receiving entities and are allowed to open an investment account. The number of shares offered for retail investors amounts to 3.9 million shares maximum, or 10% of the total offered shares.

 

Company Information:

 

Established in 1986 as a sole proprietorship, Nahdi Medical currently has a capital of SAR 1.3 billion divided into 130 million shares.

 

The company's main activities include pharmacy activities, drug warehouse activities and retail sales of equipment and medical supplies, in addition to wholesale of medical equipment and appliances.

 

The retail pharmacy chain provides its services through a network of 1,151 stores spread across 144 cities and villages, representing 97% of the Kingdom's population, in addition to managing three distribution centers across the Kingdom.

 

Company Profile

Company

Nahdi Medical Co.

Market

Main market

Core Activities

Pharmacy activities

Capital 

SAR 1.3 bln

Number of shares

130 mln 

 

IPO Summary

Issue percentage (%)

30%

Number of shares offered

39 mln 

Qualified subscribers

- Participating categories include investment funds, QFIs, legal entities and GCC investors

 

- Retail investors

IPO minimum limit for retail investors

10 shares

Minimum size for institutional investors

50,000 shares

Maximum limit for retail investors

250,000 shares

Maximum limit for institutional investors

6,499,999 shares

Registering requests period for

institutional investors and book-

building process

March 1- 7

Retail subscription period

3 days from March 13-15

Final allocation

March 20

Surplus refunds

March 23

 

Special Information

Financial advisors, lead managers,

underwriters and institutional book

runners

HSBC Saudi Arabia, SNB Capital

Receiving banks

Saudi National Bank, Al Rajhi Bank, Riyad Bank, Arab National Bank

 

Company Shareholders

Shareholders

Before IPO

After IPO

Number of shares

(mln shares)

Ownership (%)

Number of shares

(mln shares)

Ownership (%)

SEDCO Holding

65.00

50 %

45.50

35 %

Al Nahdi Holding

65.00

50 %

45.50

35 %

Public

--

--

39.00

30 %

Total

130.00

100 %

130.00

100 %

 

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