{"id":588455,"date":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/06\/12\/negotiations-are-underway-for-investments-in-two-state-owned-pharma-firms-through-a-capital-increase\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"negotiations-are-underway-for-investments-in-two-state-owned-pharma-firms-through-a-capital-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/06\/12\/negotiations-are-underway-for-investments-in-two-state-owned-pharma-firms-through-a-capital-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiations are underway for investments in two state-owned pharma firms through a capital increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\">Two state-owned pharma firms are up for grabs:<\/span><span style=\"\"> A number of investors are in talks <\/span><span>with the Public Enterprises Ministry to acquire stakes in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/751e4dbb-589e-4c0a-9858-f69c7cd6ce57\" style=\"\">two pharma firms<\/a><\/span><span> including Chemical Industries Development Company (CID) via a capital increase, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/42BBsk2\" style=\"\">Asharq Business<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> quotes Minister Mahmoud Esmat as saying. Esmat declined to reveal the identity of the investors due to the ongoing negotiations. Information about the stake size and the advisors working on the sale wasn\u2019t disclosed.<\/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\">This isn\u2019t the first we\u2019ve heard about this:<\/span><span> Al Mal reported in February that the government <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/751e4dbb-589e-4c0a-9858-f69c7cd6ce57\" style=\"\">could sell 30-40% of CID<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to strategic investors, citing unnamed sources.<\/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\">IPO not in the cards: <\/span><span>Esmat ruled out a public share sale, telling the news outlet that it is not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">necessary due to the interest from strategic investors. <\/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\">CID in numbers:<\/span><span> The state-owned pharma firm <\/span><span>had a net working capital of EGP 232.4 mn<\/span><span> and reported an 8% <\/span><span>growth in net earnings to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Pog13l\" style=\"\">EGP 61 mn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in FY 2021-2022. The Holding Company for Pharma Industries (HoldiPharma) owns 100% 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\">What is the second company?<\/span><span> Misr Pharma, together with CID, were the only two pharma <\/span><span>companies included in the list of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a94808c5-7a0c-4027-a786-804f2dc35954\" style=\"\">32 state-owned companies<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> earmarked for privatization unveiled in February. Misr Pharma is also a subsidiary of HoldiPharma.<\/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\">Privatization momentum is building:<\/span><span> The news comes amid a series of reports of potential <\/span><span>progress in selling state assets under the<\/span><span> privatization program<\/span><span>. Over the past week alone we\u2019ve heard that Actis and Malaysian Edra are interested in acquiring <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0d847d66-93a0-4331-91ea-aa1b713ef452\" style=\"\">one of the USD 2 bn Siemens-built power plants<\/a><\/span><span>; the Port Said terminal operator is <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0d847d66-93a0-4331-91ea-aa1b713ef452\" style=\"\">set to sell a 20% stake<\/a><\/span><span> on the EGX; and Saudi Egyptian Industrial Investment is close to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/72b4d47f-fce5-4736-8b82-c588e9678a49\" style=\"\">acquiring<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> a 70% stake in a subsidiary of 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