MMC Ports is said to begin meeting IPO investors this week

MMC Port Holdings is expected to start investor education for its planned initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this week, sources familiar with the matter said, in what is set to be the biggest IPO in Malaysia since 2012.

Pre-deal investor meetings with key institutional players will likely run until Oct 3, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the process is private. During this PDIE meeting phase, MMC Ports plans to explain topics such as the investment case and valuation of the business, the sources said.

MMC Ports may seek to file its final IPO prospectus by the end of September and list on the local bourse in the second half of November, the sources said.

Considerations are ongoing, and the IPO timing could change, the sources said.

A representative for MMC Ports’ parent, MMC Corp, did not respond to a request for comment outside of business hours.

MMC Ports, owned by Malaysian tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, could seek to raise about US$2 billion in a share sale valuing it at as much as US$7 billion, Bloomberg News reported in June.

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The company operates seven ports along the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, and is the biggest such business in Malaysia, according to its website. It also runs three cruise terminals.

If the IPO proceeds, it could be the biggest since plantation group FGV Holdings raised more than RM10 billion (S$3 billion) in 2012, data compiled by Bloomberg show. BLOOMBERG