Aldar to allow 40% foreign ownership

Aldar Properties, the UAE's third-largest property developer by market value, says it is set to allow non-UAE nationals to own up to 40% of its shares.In a statement posted on the Abu Dhabi bourse website on Friday, Aldar said its board was expected to approve a general assembly resolution to raise the permitted percentage of foreign ownership. It did not give a date. Aldar is seeking to raise more than $1.3 billion from a convertible Islamic bond sale open to international investors.
The firm has the option of increasing the size of the issue to $1.5 billion, according to terms of the sale. Shareholders have approved plans to raise as much as $3.5 billion.Aldar needs to finance projects worth about $50 billion in Abu Dhabi in the next five to 10 years, the company's chief executive has said. Continue to the full story from Source.

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