Tuesday 17 February 2015

OCI eyes dual listing for construction arm split - FT.com

OCI eyes dual listing for construction arm split - FT.com:



"Orascom Construction Industries — the Egyptian conglomerate that attracted a $1bn investment from Bill Gates and a group of US investors — is to spin off its construction and engineering arm through a dual listing in Egypt and Dubai, in an attempt to capitalise on improving domestic growth prospects.



OCI — which moved its listing from Cairo to the Netherlands in 2013 after a tax dispute with the former Egyptian government following the 2011 revolution — revealed on Monday plans for a demerger of the construction unit from its other fertiliser and chemicals business.



A new listed entity, Orascom Construction, will offer about 15.8m new shares representing 15 per cent of the company to public retail investors and institutional investors in a private placement. OCI’s fertiliser arm will continue to be listed on Euronext Amsterdam as OCI NV."



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