Lazurde approves capital hike to SAR 575 mln via rights issue

03/06/2021 Argaam

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Lazurde Company for Jewelry’s shareholders approved the board of directors’ recommendation to increase capital to SAR 575 million through a rights issue worth SAR 145 million, during the extraordinary general assembly meeting (EGM) held on June 2, 2021.

 

Details of Capital Increase

Current Capital

SAR 430 mln

Number of Shares

43 mln

Capital Hike

34%

Capital After Increase

SAR 575 mln

Number of Shares After Increase

57.5 mln

 

Details of Rights Issue

Number of Offered Shares

14.5 mln

Offering Price

SAR 10

Issue Size

SAR 145 mln

Record Date

June 2, 2021 (Shareholders of record on the day of the EGM during which the capital increase will be discussed, along with those on record on the second trading day following the EGM

Use of proceeds

Repayment of long-term bank facilities from SABB

SAR 75 mln

Repayment of long-term bank facilities from SABB

SAR 30 mln

New store openings, expanding the retail business portfolio

SAR 28 mln

Developing e-commerce platforms

SAR 6 mln

Offering expenses

SAR 6 mln

 

The company said in a bourse statement that shareholders approved the board of directors’ recommendation to withhold dividend for 2020.

 

Meanwhile they authorized the board to distribute interim dividend on a semi-annual or quarterly basis for 2021 and determine the due and disbursement date in accordance with the regulatory rules and procedures issued in implementation of the Companies Law.

 

In a separate statement, the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced Lazurde’s daily trading fluctuation limit after its capital hike will be based on a share price of SAR 20.74.

 

All outstanding orders will be cancelled.

 

The Securities Depository Center (Edaa) will deposit the rights into the investor’s portfolios by June 7, the statement said.

 

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