Monday, Apr 07, 2008

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Industrial Development Co., or SIDC, said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding with a local strategic partner that intends to buy a major stake in its ceramic plant.

SIDC will appoint a financial advisor to help it restructure the ceramic plant's capital before converting it into an independent company, SIDC said in a statement on the Saudi bourse Web site.

By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com

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