Tune Ins to raise RM222.2 mil from IPO

Tune Ins Holdings Bhd, an insurance products manager, is raising RM222.2 million from its initial public offering (IPO) pursuant to its listing on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Main Board.

The company is an insurance product manager for its on-line partners which are currently AirAsia, Tune Hotels and AirAsia Expedia.

Tune Ins Holdings, among others, designs and manages insurance products that will be sold to customers of on-line insurance partners.

Under the IPO, Tune Ins Holdings will offer up to 210,224,900 ordinary shares to Malaysian and selected institutional investors and Bumiputera investors approved by the Finance Ministry, Malaysian retail investors and foreign institutional investors, the company said in a statement.

The retail portion of the IPO will consists of up to 41,346,800 public issue shares while the institutional portion will comprise up to 102,028,100 public issue shares and up to 66,850,000 offer shares.

The retail portion of the shares will be offered at RM1.55 while the institutional price will be determined by way of a book building process.

According to the prospectus, proceeds of the IPO exercise will be used for the repayment of bank borrowings (59.86 per cent), working capital (12.24 per cent), strategic investments (22.50 per cent) and payment of listing expenses.