Dubai Investments to Sell 20% of DIP Holding in UAE's First 2026 IPO
Dubai Investments is offering 1.74 billion DIP Holding shares, a 20% stake in the owner of Dubai Investments Park, in the UAE's first listing of 2026.
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Dubai Investments is selling a fifth of DIP Holding, the unit that owns Dubai Investments Park, in what will be the UAE's first initial public offering of 2026.
The 1.74 billion shares on offer come from existing shareholders rather than from the company itself. Dubai Investments, a Dubai-listed conglomerate, will keep the remaining 80% and stay in control of DIP Holding provided the offer size is unchanged and every share is allocated.
Subscription opens on October 27 and closes on November 3. The final offer price will be announced on November 4. Trading on the Dubai Financial Market is expected to begin on November 11, according to the offer document.
The distribution plan is laid out well ahead of pricing. DIP Holding will pay cash dividends twice a year, with expected annual payouts of AED700 million for 2026, AED725 million for 2027 and AED750 million for 2028. For 2029, the company expects to pay at least as much as it does in 2028.
The asset behind the offer
Dubai Investments Park was set up in 1997. It now ranks among the emirate's largest mixed-use developments and sits between Al Maktoum International Airport and Jebel Ali Port, a position that ties its tenant base to trade and logistics traffic. Inside the boundary are warehouses, hotels, retail outlets, schools and medical centres.
The estate runs to roughly 1,000 tenants and 5,700 subtenants, with more than 150,000 residents living within it. That mix of industrial, commercial and residential space produces several income streams rather than one, which is the sort of profile Gulf investors have tended to price differently from a pure office landlord.
Selling a minority stake lets Dubai Investments raise capital against the park while keeping its earnings in the group's consolidated accounts. For the Dubai Financial Market, the deal adds a large property and industrial landlord to a 2026 calendar that had yet to produce a listing. For buyers, the twice-yearly payout schedule offers a visible income path at a point when new issues more often leave distributions to a post-listing board.
What that income stream costs will be settled on November 4, when the offer price is set.
