Saudi Aramco to sell up to 0.05% shares to individual retail investors; prospectus flags risks, gives few details on IPO size
FirstpostAramco cannot list additional shares for a period of six months after trading starts, and will also be restricted from issuing additional shares for 12 months Dubai: Saudi state oil giant Aramco will sell up to 0.5 percent of its shares to individual retail investors and will be restricted from issuing additional shares for a year after the initial public offering, its prospectus said on Saturday. If the government sells 2 percent of Aramco shares, the retail offering could account for 25 percent or $10 billion of the deal size at the top valuation of $2 trillion. “Valuation at the time of the IPO will depend on how much of demand is made up by subscribers who are prepared to overlook these factors in favour of Aramco’s low depletion rate … and its very low cost of extraction versus peers.” Aramco’s oil facilities were targeted on Sept. 14 in unprecedented attacks that temporarily shut 5.7 million barrels per day of output - more than 5 percent of global oil supply. “Aramco IPO is an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed, the largest company in the world….holding Aramco shares is an absolute gain,” a Saudi with a Twitter handle named Abdulrahman wrote.