IPO ... IHH Healthcare

The MITI invited had approved bumiputera investors to submit expressions of interest in subscribing for shares of IHH Healthcare Bhd which is slated to be listed on Bursa Malaysia and Singapore at end July 2012.

360 million IHH shares are being offered to bumiputera investors.

IHH and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the provision of private healthcare services and education.

IHH now 62% owned by government Khazanah Nasional Bhd is targeting to raise between rm4.5 billion and rm6 billion in fresh capital.

IHH is not required to fulfill the bumiputera equity quota for its listing on the local bourse. This is because less than 50% of IHH’s revenue is derived from Malaysia . As such, it would not be not be possible to gauge the size of the offering based on bumiputera tranche offered.

IHH’s IPO is expected to be second largest in Malaysia after FEDLA Global, which is said to be raising rm10 billion form its listing on the local bourse in June 2012.

IHH’s main market are Singapore , Malaysia and Turkey with smaller contributions from other China , HK, India , Vietnam , Brunei .

IHH was incorporated in May 2010 as the holding company for Khazanah’s strategic investments in the medical sector. Its assets include wholly owned Parkway Pantai Ltd, which has a network of 16 hospitals, more than 3000 beds, over 60 medical centres and clinics and ancillary healthcare businesses.

It is the holding company of the Parkway and Pantai healthcare businesses in Singapore and Malaysia .

Parkway Pantai also has investments and operations in China , India , HK, Vietnam and Brunei .

Early 2012, IHH acquired a 60% stake in Turkish healthcare group Acibadem Holdings in Turkey

The group’s other assets include wholly owned IMU Healthcare Sdn Bhd, which operates a healthcare university in Malaysia and stakes in SGX listed Parkway Life REIT and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise listed on India.

Parkway Life REIT, in which IHH Mitsui & Co, Abraaj Capital and Mehmet with 26.6% stake, 7.1% stake and 4.2% stakes repectively.

Mitsui acquired 30% of IHH about a year ago (2011) for rm3 billion, valuing the group at rm11 billion then.