• ADC sponsors offer unique operational and management expertise to target companies
  • SPAC will look at scalable businesses across the MENA region with strong management and high-growth trajectory looking for faster execution

Abu Dhabi, UAE: ADC Acquisition Corporation PJSC (ADC), the UAE’s first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), today announced its Initial Public Offering (IPO) subscription period will start on 12 May and run until 19 May 2022.

Shares will be available for purchase to retail and professional investors in a public subscription in the UAE and listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). The company aims to raise AED 367 million through its IPO listing. ADC will float 36.7 million shares on ADX with an offer price of AED 10 per share.

H.E. Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, Managing Director and CEO of ADQ and Chairman of ADC, commented: “ADQ is committed to expanding the breadth of Abu Dhabi’s capital markets by creating opportunities for private companies to leverage its unique investment platform and footprint. The formation of ADC Acquisition Corporation supports that objective, and we are also excited by the prospect of retail and institutional investors from the UAE being able to partake in this long-term strategy for unlocking the UAE’s growth potential.”

Syed Basar Shueb, Chairman of Chimera Investments and Vice Chairman of ADC, said: “With the upcoming IPO on ADX, ADC becomes the first SPAC to be based and listed in the UAE. This will facilitate quicker access to capital and operational expertise, result in lower fees, more transparency and allow investors across the region the opportunity to tap into a highly dynamic and fast growing new space within the UAE’s capital markets landscape.” 

As the UAE’s first SPAC, ADC aims to focus on businesses that are based or have their main operations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While ADC is open to pursuing an acquisition opportunity across industries and sectors, the SPAC will particularly look for scalable businesses with revenue streams that are underpinned by numerous growth drivers with solid long-term fundamentals, transformational technologies, experienced management teams and attractive pricing which would provide upside potential and benefit from public market access.

ADC was established last month by ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, and Chimera Investments, a leading Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified portfolio of listed and unlisted equities on both local and international markets.

The listing is subject to market conditions and customary approvals.

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About ADQ 

Established in Abu Dhabi in 2018, ADQ is one of the region's largest holding companies, with direct and indirect investments in more than 90 companies locally and internationally. Both an asset owner and investor, ADQ’s broad portfolio of major enterprises span key sectors of a diversified economy, including energy and utilities, food and agriculture, healthcare and pharma, and mobility and logistics, amongst others. As a strategic partner of Abu Dhabi’s government, ADQ is committed to accelerating the Emirate into a globally competitive and knowledge-based economy.

For more information, visit ADQ.ae or write to media@adq.ae. You can also follow ADQ on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

About Chimera Investments LLC

Established in 2007, Chimera Investments LLC is an Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified portfolio of listed and unlisted equities on both local and regional markets. The firm seeks value-creation opportunities where it can invest proprietary capital and keep in-line with its investment philosophy and key guiding principles. Chimera Investments is part of Abu Dhabi’s Royal Group, a diversified conglomerate of companies comprising over 60 entities and employing 20,000 employees. The Group is active in a breadth of industries including real estate, construction, fast-moving consumer goods, food and beverage, hospitality, aviation, healthcare and general investments.

For more information, about Chimera Investments LLC, please contact:
Marie Peguilhan
E: chimeracapital@kekstcnc.com
chimerainvestment.com