Aramco to 発表する IPO 'very soon': chairman

Aramco has said it plans to float around five percent of the state-owned company

Aramco has said it 計画(する)s to float around five パーセント of the 明言する/公表する-owned company

Saudi Arabia's energy 巨大(な) Aramco will 発表する its long-を待つd 株式市場 debut "very, very soon," its chairman said on Monday.

Aramco has said it 計画(する)s to float around five パーセント of the 明言する/公表する-owned company in 2020 or 2021 in what could 潜在的に be the world's biggest 在庫/株 sale.

"Aramco's IPO will take place sooner than you think," said Aramco chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan at a Saudi-ロシアの 会議 in Riyadh.

"I think that the 告示 will be very, very soon."

によれば Bloomberg, Aramco's board is 推定する/予想するd to give final 是認 by the end of this week to proceed with the sale.

The mammoth 初期の public 申し込む/申し出ing (IPO) forms the cornerstone of a 改革(する) programme 想像するd by the kingdom's de facto 支配者 栄冠を与える Prince Mohammed 貯蔵所 Salman to 離乳する the Saudi economy off its 依存 on oil.

It 目的(とする)s to raise up to $100 billion based on a $2 一兆 valuation of the company, but 投資家s have 審議d whether Aramco is 価値(がある) that much and there have been repeated 延期するs in the 開始する,打ち上げる 初めは 想像するd for 2018.

The Saudi 政府 has not given any expl anation for the 延期するs, but apart from 持つ/拘留するing out for the big-ticket valuation, they are also said to be 関心d the IPO could bring 激しい 合法的な scrutiny of the 隠しだてする company's 財政/金融s and inner workings.

The prospect of 落ちるing short of the $2 一兆 valuation 願望(する)d by Saudi 支配者s is 広範囲にわたって considered the 推論する/理由 the IPO has been 延期するd.

In September, Aramco said its first half 逮捕する income for 2019 slipped nearly 12 パーセント to $46.9 billion on lower 天然のまま prices.

It was the first time the company has published 暫定的な 財政上の results and comes after Aramco opened its accounts for the first time in April, 明らかにする/漏らすing itself to be the world's most profitable company.

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