Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to Zero Issue #002 of EnterpriseAM KSA. It’s an insane morning for capital markets in the Mideast, with plenty of IPO news in the Kingdom and beyond — and more than a handful of high-profile M&A involving listed companies: Leading regional broadcaster is MBC is going public on the […]
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Regional broadcaster MBC to go public on Tadawul in blockbuster IPO
HSBC, JP Morgan and SNB Capital will quarterback the sale of 10% of the region’s largest broadcaster by market share
Almujtama starts trading on Nomu today + Lana Medical prices IPO
Shares of pharma player Almujtama will trading today on parallel market Nomu, opening at SAR 40
Sabic, TotalEnergies mull sale of USD 1 bn chemical plant in US
Reportedly on offer is part of the world’s largest styrene and polystyrene plant in Carville, Louisiana
Ades inks contracts in Indonesia + Algeria worth a combined SAR 1 bn
Oil driller Ades lands contracts in Indonesia, Algeria: Fresh off its hot IPO, Tadawul-listed oil and gas drilling company Ades Holding has inked three contracts worth combined SAR 1 bn (USD 293 mn) in Indonesia and Algeria, it said in a regulatory filing (pdf) yesterday. Southeast Asia is new for the Egypt-born company: State-owned Pertamina […]
Telecoms giant Zain KSA divests fully from tower operator Golden Lattice
The Public Investment Fund is paying a 20% premium to GLI’s book value to buy the 20% of the tower operator that it didn’t already owen
PIF-backed sports venture acquires MMA rival Bellator from Paramount
The Professional Fighters League a serious power move to acquire MMA rival and challenge industry leader UFC
Hilton wants 85 hotels in Saudi Arabia by 2030 — a more ambitious rollout than previously announced
Hilton has more ongoing projects in the kingdom than it does in any other EMEA market
Citi management shakeup has no real Saudi impact. PLUS: Aramco nabs Socar trader.
Carmen Haddad remains in the region, and Fahad Al-Deweesh has already led Citi’s KSA operation for nearly six months