(Bloomberg) --
Healthcare provider Burjeel Holdings will begin selling shares to investors in the United Arab Emirates starting Sept. 30, after opting against also targeting its initial public offering to international players.
On offer is about 550.7 million shares, representing 11% of the company, according to its prospectus. The offering will include 350.3 million shares to be sold by VPS Healthcare Holdings, which owns 79.8% of Burjeel, the document shows.
Burjeel -- which had initially sought a $750 million deal -- decided to target only local investors instead of international money managers after a firm controlled by Abu Dhabi’s royal family bought a stake, according to people familiar with the matter.
International Holding Co. -- led by Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the country’s national security adviser and brother to the UAE’s president -- bought a 15% stake in Burjeel earlier this week. IHC is the UAE’s largest company by market value.
Burjeel will announce the final price on Oct. 5, and the shares are expected to be listed in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 10, the prospectus shows. Dubai Islamic Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and International Securities are helping to manage the offering.
Founded by doctor Shamsheer Vayalil in 2007, Burjeel will be the first privately-owned firm to go public in the UAE this year. The Middle East is in the midst of an IPO boom that has bucked a global slowdown in listings due to high oil prices and equity inflows. So far, all of the firms that have listed in the UAE have been government owned.
Burjeel operates hospitals and medical centers in the UAE and Oman. It announced in August that it’s planning an expansion into Saudi Arabia -- the Middle East’s biggest economy -- with a $1 billion investment by 2030 through joint ventures and public-private partnership models.
The company plans to use part of the money raised from the share sale to pay some of its debt, it said in the prospectus.
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