https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/uk-officials-told-aramco-ipo-unlikely-until-2019-042841399--sector.html
(Reuters) - British officials
have been informed by their Saudi counterparts that oil giant Saudi
Aramco's initial public offering is likely to be delayed until 2019, the
Financial Times reported.
The Saudi government had targeted a market listing by the second half
of 2018, but preparedness for the offering and also willingness for a
simultaneous or sequential flotation on a foreign exchange had been
questioned, the FT reported, citing sources.
London still had a good chance to secure the listing, which would
value the company at $2 trillion, but a foreign flotation would likely
happen only in 2019 at the earliest, according to the FT.
New York and London have been front-runners to host the company's international flotation, alongside a Riyadh listing.
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said in an interview with CNN
last week that he was concerned about the risks that Aramco would run
into by choosing New York as the venue for its $100 billion market
listing.
The state-run oil company is expected to sell about 5 percent of Aramco in what would likely be the world's biggest IPO.
Saudi Arabian Oil Co, known as Saudi Aramco, was not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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