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Monday, 2 June 2025

Shareholder in #UAE's biggest bank FAB seeks to raise $480 mln from secondary offering | Reuters

Shareholder in UAE's biggest bank FAB seeks to raise $480 mln from secondary offering | Reuters

A shareholder of First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) (FAB.AD), opens new tab, the UAE's biggest bank by assets, is offering around $480 million worth of shares via a secondary share sale, the bookrunner for the deal said on Friday.

The selling shareholder, whose name was not disclosed, is offering around 113 million shares at a price of 15.5 dirhams ($4.22) per share through an accelerated bookbuilding, said Citi, which is acting as bookrunner.

It added that books were fully covered as demand exceeded the deal size.

The offer price represents a 3.7% discount to FAB shares' closing price of 16.1 dirhams apiece on Abu Dhabi's bourse (.FTFADGI), opens new tab on Friday.

FAB, whose top shareholder is the $330 billion Abu Dhabi wealth fund Mubadala, held assets worth 1.31 trillion dirhams as of the end of March.

The bank has been seeking to expand including outside of the Gulf. Two years ago it said it had considered a bid for London-listed Standard Chartered (STAN.L), opens new tab.

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