{"id":97884,"date":"2024-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/al-nowais-purchases-eur-62-5-mn-stake-in-italian-nextchem\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T00:00:00","slug":"al-nowais-purchases-eur-62-5-mn-stake-in-italian-nextchem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/11\/14\/al-nowais-purchases-eur-62-5-mn-stake-in-italian-nextchem\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Nowais purchases EUR 62.5 mn stake in Italian NextChem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>UAE investor buys into Italian NextChem:<\/strong> UAE investor Yousef Al Nowais acquired a 5% stake in Italian industrial group Maire\u2019s sustainable tech solutions subsidiary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextchem.it\/en\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">NextChem<\/a> for EUR 62.5 mn, based on an enterprise value of EUR 1.3 bn, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/11\/1316.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release (pdf)<\/a>. Al Nowais purchased the stake from Maire Investments (MI), reducing MI\u2019s stake to 12.9% and leaving Maire with an 82.1% holding. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The investment will drive NextChem\u2019s expansion in the GCC<\/strong> via Al Nowais\u2019 multiple subsidiaries across various sectors in Abu Dhabi. Al Nowais\u2019 investment \u201cwill bolster [NextChem\u2019s] development in a strategic area such as the Middle East, which is already playing a fundamental role in the energy transition,\u201d Maire CEO Alessandro Bernini said. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Al Nowais and Maire are no strangers: <\/strong>The UAE investor already holds a 4.7% stake in NextChem\u2019s parent company. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Maire already operates in the UAE: <\/strong>Adnoc awarded Maire a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.groupmaire.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/detail\/maire-awarded-usd-87-billion-contract-by-adnoc-for-the-onshore-portion-of-the-hail-and-ghasha-development-project-in-abu-dhabi-the-largest-award-ever-for-the-group\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 8.7 bn<\/a> contract in October 2023 to install gas processing and sulfur recovery units for the Hail and Ghasha project, in addition to utilities and pipelines. The offshore venture aims to capture 1.5 mn tonnes of carbon per year and produce low-carbon hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Market <\/strong><strong>reax<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Maire\u2019s shares surged 6% on the Milan Stock Exchange yesterday, closing up 1.3% at EUR 7.1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The news got ink in <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/deals\/italys-maire-says-al-nowais-buys-5-nextchem-stake-target-middle-east-2024-11-13\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transaction will help NextChem expand into the Middle East<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[143,7,60,1956,1957],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-97884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma-watch-2","tag-energy","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-ma-watch","tag-maire","tag-nextchem","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"62afa2bf-9bb0-40b0-bbd4-06858c19256d","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/11\/1356.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Al Nowais purchases EUR 62.5 mn stake in Italian NextChem","related_issue":[97874],"teaser":"The transaction will help NextChem expand into the Middle East","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/11\/.912ab98c-a17e-4082-9d87-f39bb51b97c1.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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