{"id":582169,"date":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/02\/e-finance-wants-a-new-strategic-investor-plus-news-from-mnhd-ksas-bahri-and-acud\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"e-finance-wants-a-new-strategic-investor-plus-news-from-mnhd-ksas-bahri-and-acud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/02\/e-finance-wants-a-new-strategic-investor-plus-news-from-mnhd-ksas-bahri-and-acud\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Finance wants a new strategic investor. Plus news from MNHD, KSA\u2019s Bahri, and ACUD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">M&A-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Is e-Finance looking to bring in a strategic investor? <\/span><span style=\"\">e-Finance is in advanced talks <\/span><span>with a local strategic investor looking to buy into an EGP 2.5 bn capital increase for<\/span><span> one of the state-owned e-payments firm\u2019s subsidiaries<\/span><span>, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Z8iDUM\" style=\"\">Al Borsa<\/a><\/span><span> quotes e-Finance Chairman and CEO Ibrahim Sarhan as saying at a<\/span><span> presser yesterday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Some 70% of the proceeds from the capital increase would be spent to expand the company\u2019s NBFS and cloud computing services, while the remaining EGP 750 mn would go to tech infrastructure, Sarhan said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- <\/span><span style=\"\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/08\/11\/the-saudis-have-arrived-77636\/\" style=\"\">acquired 25%<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> of the company last year <\/span><span>for EGP 7.5 bn, becoming<\/span><span> its single-largest shareholder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">SUEZ CANAL-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Saudi shipping company eyes Suez Canal: <\/span><span style=\"\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s state-owned National <\/span><span>Shipping Company (Bahri) signed a non-binding MoU with the Suez Canal Authority that could see it establish an Egypt joint-stock company for maritime transport, it said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/portal\/saudiexchange\/newsandreports\/issuer-news\/issuer-announcements\/issuer-announcements-details\/!ut\/p\/z1\/lY_RboIwFIafxQdYetBQ2CWODFlQQXQqN6aWDpsIJaWQuacfFZZFNxfX9OKck-__z39QgjYoKUjDM6K4KMix7bcJ3pkOhuHEhjlMlk-AIfbwamkb7hCj9SVgTz0M0cyJ5kPLBO8VUPIvPcShCdFzOB0FsAAP8H16uPGcO_Ynl8jcebTaBC9jzw-ckY2ta-CXE6-W_LzhDPwRUl9h3YzpG2gtWSVqSRlaZEw5RSHqgrKcFSrglXKJIiiihB5YwBp2DEnGUKzXkrThlZCVptBWTypGlZBu6ad9f8r34tjVpRRpTdXyVLJuoERr3ddlaxrzj7YzoDMikh461vgCZnW-Z9Ld96M3KfJvB6JjUx26V-0ezpRi7yo-u3Vc2ipCJrnQEct8tdoA93fT8cxsLn_mDAafxPRiLQ!!\/dz\/d5\/L0lHSklna0tDbEVKSUtJS1VRb2dwUkEhIS9vSHdRQUVNSUFBQ0VFaGdDS000emxHWUVLVWxTVUtXdEcwWVdnQSEhLzRKQ2lqc1lwTWhUalVFNWxFbXQyVXR0TlF6VzdLVzFtbzVBIS9aN181QTYwMkg4ME8wSFRDMDYwU0c2VVQ4MURRNi9aNl81QTYwMkg4ME8wSFRDMDYwU0c2VVQ4MURJMy9jb21wYW55U3ltYm9sLzQwMzAvZ2xvYmFsL2h0dHA6JTAlMHRhZGF3dWwlMC9hbm5DYXQvMS9hbklkLzcyMjA2\/\" style=\"\">a disclosure<\/a><\/span><span> to the Saudi stock exchange.  T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">he MoU aims to cooperate in \u201cestablishing an Egyptian JV for maritime transport that will specialize in owning, leasing, chartering, and operating vessels to transport general and bulk cargo, chemicals, oil, and all operations related to maritime transport.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Details are still scant:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> The disclosure did not provide details on the ownership, finances or operations of the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Ownership:<\/span><span> <\/span><span>The Saudi sovereign wealth fund (PIF) owns 22% of Bahri, while oil giant Aramco <\/span><span>holds 20%<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>according to its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahri.sa\/en\/investors\/fact-sheet\/#:~:text=The%20National%20Shipping%20Company%20of,public%20shares%20by%20Saudi%20Nationals.\" style=\"\">website<\/a><\/span><span>. <\/span><span>The remaining shares are listed on the Saudi stock exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">DEBT WATCH-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">MNHD closes new securitization:<\/span><span style=\"\"> EGX-listed Madinet Nasr Housing and Development <\/span><span style=\"\">(MNHD) closed a EGP 805.5 mn securitized bond issuance, the second installment in a three-year, EGP 3 bn program, its legal advisor, Dreny & Partners, said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/3\/MHND-English-Press-Release-March-2023.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> yesterday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> The issuance is backed by an undisclosed receivables portfolio, and consists of three tranches rated A, AA, and AA+. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Advisors<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">: Our friends at EFG Hermes acted as the transaction\u2019s financial advisor, while NBE, Arab African Bank (AALB) and CIB along with EFG Hermes acted as underwriters of the transaction. CIB also acted as bookrunner and custodian, with KPMG as auditor. Dreny & Partners acted as counsel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">2023 in securitization:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Some EGP 7.6 bn worth of bonds have been sold so far in 2023, slightly down from EGP 7.9 bn in the same period last year, according to data tracked by Enterprise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">INDUSTRY-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The new capital\u2019s developer is planning an industrial zone:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Administrative <\/span><span>Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) will offer plots in a 2k-feddan industrial zone in the new administrative capital to investors later this year, Chairman Khaled Abbas told <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/41wnC3l\" style=\"\">Asharq Business<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> on Tuesday. ACUD \u2014 the military-owned owner and developer of the new capital \u2014 will finalize designs for the project during the second half of this year, he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Growing interest in the new capital:<\/span><span> \u201cWe currently have offers from Gulf companies looking to obtain plots, but we\u2019re still waiting to finalize the second phase\u2019s plans to choose from [the plots],\u201d Abbas said, without disclosing their identities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M&#038;A- Is e-Finance looking to bring in a strategic investor? e-Finance is in advanced talks with a local strategic investor looking to buy into an EGP 2.5 bn capital increase for one of the state-owned e-payments firm\u2019s subsidiaries, Al Borsa quotes e-Finance Chairman and CEO Ibrahim Sarhan as saying at a presser yesterday. 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