Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Distribution offers extra 10% of shares to investors

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Distribution offers extra 10% of shares to investors

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced on Monday that it has successfully completed a placement to institutional investors of 1.25 billion shares in its distribution arm.

The shares in ADNOC Distribution, which are listed and traded on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, represents 10 percent of the unit's total share capital.

With this additional 10 percent placement, valued at $1 billion, the company's free float will increase to 20 percent, contributing to improved liquidity of ADNOC Distribution shares, the company said in a statement.

At the time of ADNOC Distribution's initial public offering in 2017, ADNOC conveyed its intention to sell more of its shareholding in ADNOC Distribution to increase the stock's free float and liquidity on the ADX and provide an attractive investment opportunity, while continuing to hold a majority strategic