DUBAI, July 10 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia raised a total
of $12.35 billion from selling more shares in Aramco,
after increasing the offering in the world's most valuable oil
company, a document seen by Reuters showed.
The success of the share sale and additional proceeds will
help further fuel Saudi Arabia's ambitions to invest in new
industries and wean its economy away from oil under its Vision
2030 plan.
The kingdom raised an additional $1 billion after
exercising a so-called greenshoe option, according to the
document, which allows banks to place more stock when there is
demand from investors.
The government last month sold a 0.64% stake, or about 1.545
billion shares, in Aramco at 27.25 riyals ($7.27) a share.
Another 154.5 million shares were placed via Merrill Lynch,
which was acting as a stabilization manager on the deal.
Aramco's shares have risen 3.3 percent since the offering
last month, trading at 28.15 riyals.
In the document, published late on Tuesday, Merrill Lynch
said it exercised the over-allotment option and that the
month-long stabilization period ended with no such transactions
undertaken.
($1 = 3.7506 riyals)