Retail investors start subscription to East Pipes 630,000 shares today

24/01/2022 Argaam Special
Logo of East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry

Logo of East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry


Retail investors start today, Jan. 24, subscription to nearly 630,000 of East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry’s shares at SAR 80 a share, as set in the book-building process.

 

On Sept. 29, 2021, the company obtained the approval of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) on the initial public offering (IPO) to offer 6.3 million shares, representing 30% of capital, reaching SAR 210 million, on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul).

 

The retail subscription period will run from Jan. 24 to Jan. 25. The institutional offering closed last week and the offering was 71.8x covered.

 

The company’s IPO is the first to be held this year. Last year witnessed nine IPOs, including Almunajem Foods Co.Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies Co.Theeb Rent a Car Co., Tanmiah Food Co., solutions, International Company for Power and Water Projects (ACWA Power), Arabian Contracting Services Co. (Al Arabia), Nayifat Finance Co., and Saudi Tadawul Group.

 

Company Profile

 

East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry was established as a limited-liability company (LLC) in Dammam on May 30, 2010, with SAR 500,000 capital.

 

On Sept. 22, 2020, it was converted into a joint stock company, with SAR 76 million capital. The company's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) approved in December 2020 rebranding the company and increasing its capital to SAR 210 million.

 

The company’s business portfolio comprises manufacturing of pipes, tubes, hollow shapes from iron and steel, as well as tubes connections, in addition to coating metals.

 

Factories

 

The company is manufacturing the helicalsubmerged arc welded (HSAW) pipes used in the water, oil and gas projects. It currently runs three factories, enabling it to provide clients with a set of integrated solutions.

 

Factories

Factory

Date of Inception

Production Capacity

Outer Diameter (inches)

HSAW Pipes

 

2006

375,000 metric tons

20-100

Double Jointing (DJ)

2014

350,000 metric tons

20-60

Coating

2011

4 mln square meters per annum

2-120

 

Suppliers

 

The company depends on suppliers to outsource its products. It reported total purchases of SAR 773.4 million in 2019, SAR 1.17 billion in 2020, and SAR 551.7 million by March 31, 2021.

 

Key Suppliers (SAR mln)

Client

2019

2020

March 31, 2021

Saudi Iron and Steel (Hadeed)

462.2

379.1

141.3

Golden Source Steel

203.5

444.1

348.7

Daewoo International

 

77.0

128.7

--

Bottega Trade and Service

7.2

7.3

6.5

Posco International

--

177.1

26.1

Borouge Ltd.

--

--

23.6

Total

773.4

1173.4

551.7

 

Properties

 

The company does not own any properties. All of them are leased.

 

Leased Properties

Lessor

Site

Annual Rent (SAR ‘000)

Modon

A land plot for industrial purposes spanning 15,000 sqm in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

60.0

Modon

A land plot for industrial purposes spanning 78,900 sqm in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

315.6

Modon

A land plot for industrial purposes spanning 45,700 sqm in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

183.0

Modon

A land plot for industrial purposes spanning 8,100 sqm in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

162.3

SFSCO

Residential buildings

in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

875.0

Majd Investment*

A 600,000 sqm land plot in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

6400.0

Fajr Najd

A residential building spanning 1,200 sqm in Dammam 2nd Industrial City.

320.0

*The contract with Majd Investment is to be renewed.

 

Company Profile

Company

East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry

Market

The Saudi Exchange (Tadawul)

Core activities

Manufacturing of pipes

Capital 

SAR 210 mln

Number of shares

21 mln

IPO Summary

Issue Percentage (%)

 %30

Number of Shares Offered

630,000 shares, representing 10% of total offered shares reaching 6.3 mln shares

IPO Price

SAR 80/ share

Qualified subscribers

Individual investors: This tranche comprises Saudi Arabian natural persons, in addition to any non-Saudi natural person who is resident in the Kingdom or any GCC natural persons, provided they have a bank account with one of the receiving entities and are allowed to open an investment account.

IPO minimum limit for retail investors

10 shares

IPO maximum size for retail investors

250,000 shares

Retail subscription period

Jan. 24-25, 2022

Final allotment

Jan. 30, 2022

Surplus refunds

Feb. 2, 2022

 

Special Information

Financial advisor, lead manager, underwriter and book runner

SNB Capital

Receiving banks

Saudi National Bank (SNB)

 

Welspun Holding Co. is one of the company’s major shareholders with a 35.01% stake.

 

Company Shareholders

Shareholders

Before IPO

After IPO

Number of shares

(mln)

Ownership

(%)

Number of shares

(mln)

Ownership

(%)

Welspun Holding Co.

10.50

50.01%

7.35

35.01%

Aziz Co.

5.96

28.50%

4.19

19.95%

Vision Invest

3.46

16.50%

2.43

11.55%

Mohawarean

1.05

4.99%

0.73

3.49%

Public

--

--

6.30

30.00%

Total

21.00

100%

21.00

100%

 

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