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Dubai: Tabreed will launch a major strategic revision in its business structure to increase its future profitability, according to a company statement.
Tabreed will immediately form a new asset holding company into which existing assets will be transferred at fair market value.
"We are pleased to announce that there is a new emphasis on profitability and shareholder returns. The new business model will allow Tabreed to fund its growth while providing increased shareholder value," said Khadem Al Qubaisi, chairman of Tabreed.
"With the formation of a new holding company, Tabreed will remain as the manager and operator of the transferred assets," he added.
The company's board approved the major plan after commissioning a major study by Booz & Company.
The study has resulted in several strategies that will enable Tabreed to reduce long-term debt, avoid raising additional shareholder equity and increase the return on equity going forward.
Maximising value
"Through this new business model, we are now more focused on increasing the investments of our shareholders and improving the company's profits.
"Tabreed is always in the process of a continued corporate evolution maturing into a more responsive as well as progressive public company," said Al Qubaisi.
Tabreed, now in its tenth year of operation, recently launched a Sharia-compliant product offering mand-atory convertible trust certificates. These certificates can be exchanged for ordinary Tabreed shares at maturity.
The certificates are available to investors in the Middle East as well as Europe and Asia.
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