Tabreed’s Reports 10% Increase In Net Profit To AED319.3 Million

National Central Cooling Company, Tabreed, today released its financial results for the first nine months of 2018, reporting a 10% increase in net profit to AED319.3 million for the year up to 30th September, compared with the same period in 2017.

ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 14th Nov, 2018) National Central Cooling Company, Tabreed, today released its financial results for the first nine months of 2018, reporting a 10% increase in net profit to AED319.3 million for the year up to 30th September, compared with the same period in 2017.

Tabreed’s latest financial results follow its announcement last month that it successfully issued a US$500 million (AED1.8 billion) fixed rate senior unsecured US Dollar denominated RegS sukuk with a 7 year tenor. The issue was 50% oversubscribed and saw strong institutional demand both locally and in Asia and Europe.

The sukuk was competitively priced, with a profit rate of 5.5%, underpinned by Moody’s Baa3 and Fitch’s BBB credit ratings, assigned to Tabreed and to the sukuk itself. Tabreed also arranged new bank facilities of up to AED1.5 billion which, along with the sukuk, will be used to refinance AED2.8 billion of current corporate debt and provide a committed revolving credit facility which is available to fund the business as needed.

Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Tabreed’s Chairman, commented, "We are pleased to report another strong set of both financial and operational results, with a net income increasing 10%, reflecting our solid group performance. We also saw stable growth in our connected capacity, adding over 29,000 of new customer connections in the first nine months of this year. Additionally, in Q3 we received new investment grade ratings from Moody’s and Fitch, which is a strong endorsement of Tabreed’s strong utility business model."

Jasim Husain Thabet, Tabreed’s Chief Executive Officer, added, "These solid results follow our successful raising of a 500 million dollar sukuk, which was 50% oversubscribed, receiving strong institutional demand both locally and in Asia and Europe. This, coupled with another quarter of consistently strong results, confirms Tabreed’s position as a leader in district cooling in the region."