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Dubizzle Group postponed its planned Dubai Financial Market (DFM) IPO on October 22, 2025, before subscriptions opened and before the offer price was set. The proposed sale covered 30.34% of the company through a mix of new shares and shares sold by existing shareholders; the available terms do not establish a final $2 billion IPO valuation.
What happened to Dubizzle Group’s planned IPO?
The company had planned an October–November 2025 offering and DFM listing. Its proposed subscription period was October 23–29, with final pricing expected October 30 and admission to trading around November 6, subject to regulatory approvals. Those dates were a timetable, not evidence that subscriptions, allocation, pricing or trading took place.
On October 22, before the subscription period began, Dubizzle Group postponed the offering. Aletihad News Center quoted the company statement: “The company has decided to postpone its planned IPO and assess the optimal timing for the offering in the future.” The available information does not establish a new launch date.
Was $2 billion the final IPO valuation?
No final offer price or priced IPO valuation is established by the available terms. The issuer FAQ said the offer-price range was due to be announced on October 23, and that the final price and final offer size were expected on October 30 after bookbuilding. The postponement came on October 22, before either step.
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Accordingly, $2 billion should be treated as the valuation framing associated with the proposed IPO, not as a confirmed valuation at which shares were offered or traded. The final price was to be determined through bookbuilding, which would have brought investor demand into the price-setting process.
Was the offer a primary or secondary sale?
It was planned as both. The October 13, 2025 English prospectus translation described 1,249,526,391 ordinary shares, equal to 30.34% of issued share capital after the offering. Of those, 196,114,887 were newly issued shares and 1,053,411,504 were existing shares offered by selling shareholders.
| Offer component | Planned shares | Who would receive the proceeds |
|---|---|---|
| Newly issued shares (primary) | 196,114,887 | Dubizzle Group |
| Existing shares sold (secondary) | 1,053,411,504 | Selling shareholders |
The secondary portion was substantially larger than the primary issue. The company said its net proceeds were intended to settle its employee stock ownership plan, fund strategic M&A opportunities and preserve flexibility to finance growth. Proceeds from the existing shares would go to the shareholders selling them, rather than to the company.
The English prospectus was identified as a convenience translation; its notice says the Arabic version prevails.
Who could subscribe, and how was the offer divided?
The issuer FAQ described two planned tranches and no dedicated employee tranche.
| Planned tranche | Share of offer | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| UAE retail tranche | 3% | 37,485,791 |
| Qualified-investor tranche | 97% | 1,212,040,600 |
These were proposed allocations for the postponed offer, not evidence of completed subscriptions or allocations.
What were the proposed lock-up and exit terms?
The issuer FAQ described lock-ups that would have applied from listing: 365 days for selling shareholders and existing shareholders who were not selling shareholders, and 180 days for the company. Because the IPO was postponed before listing, none of these periods began under the proposed timetable.
The planned secondary sale would have allowed some existing shareholders to sell shares in the offering, while the proposed lock-up terms would have restricted covered shareholders from selling for the stated periods after a listing. The FAQ listed OLX B.V., Kingsway Funds, KCK Ventures III Ltd, Affinity Partners Funds, founders Imran Ali Khan and Zeeshan Ali Khan, and other institutional and individual investors among existing shareholders; it does not establish here which particular holders would have sold or the extent of each holder’s exit.
What financial performance was reported ahead of the offering?
Dubai Islamic Bank’s IPO page carried issuer-provided adjusted H1 2025 figures. These are adjusted measures and should not be read as audited IFRS results.
| Measure | Issuer-reported H1 2025 result |
|---|---|
| Group adjusted revenue | US$117 million; up 39% year over year |
| UAE adjusted revenue | US$105 million; up 32% year over year |
| UAE adjusted EBITDA | US$48 million; 46% margin |
| UAE adjusted net profit | US$43 million; 41% margin |
| UAE adjusted free cash flow | US$41 million; 85% cash conversion |
What kind of business was Dubizzle Group?
In its issuer FAQ, Dubizzle Group described itself as a MENA digital classifieds marketplace, with real estate and automotive among its key verticals. The FAQ also said the group operates Bayut, a real-estate-only platform. These descriptions provide context for the business behind the proposed listing, but do not change the fact that the IPO was postponed before pricing or trading.
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