Qualified investors start subscription to AlMuneef's 760,000 shares today

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AlMuneef Co. For Trade, Industry, Agriculture and Contracting starts today, May 14, the subscription by qualified investors to 760,000 shares, in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nomu-Parallel Market.

This represents 20% of AlMuneef’s SAR 38 million capital, or 3.8 million shares. The price range was set between SAR - and SAR - per share.

The subscription period will run for five days until May 18.

AlMuneef IPO is the ninth offering on Nomu in 2023, following WAJA Co. on Feb. 12, Bena Steel Industries Co. and KnowledgeNet Co. (Feb. 26), Horizon Food Co. (March 5), Ghida Al-Sultan, and Foods Gate Co. (March 12), as well as Saudi Lime Industries Co. and Meyar Co. (March 19).

Nomu saw 19 IPOs last year, including Gas Arabian Services Co., Raoom Trading Co., Al-Jouf Mineral Water Bottling Co., Arabian International Healthcare Holding Co. (Tibbiyah), Arabian Food & Dairy Factories Co. (FADECO), Ladun Investment Co., Amwaj International Co., Saudi Networkers Services Co. (SNS), International Human Resources Co. (IHR), Naba Alsaha Medical Services Co., Arabian Plastic Industrial Co. (APICO), Abdulaziz and Mansour Ibrahim Albabtin Co. (AlBabtain Food), Knowledge Tower Trading Co., Molan Steel Co., Saudi Top Trading Co., Leen Alkhair Trading Co., Nofoth Food Products Co. and Alwaha REIT Fund.

The Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved, in December 2022, the application submitted by the company to register and offer 760,000 shares on Nomu.

The subscription is limited to certain categories of investors, including capital market institutions authorized to act on their own account, as well as clients of capital market institutions authorized to carry out management operations. This is provided that they are appointed under terms that enable them to take decisions related to accepting participation in the share offering and investment in the parallel market on behalf of the clients without prior consent.

The categories include the Saudi government, any government body, any international entity approved by the CMA or the Saudi market, or any other financial market recognized by the CMA or the Securities Depository Center (Edaa).

They also include companies owned by the government, directly or through a portfolio managed by a market institution authorized to practice management operations, investment funds, in addition to companies and funds established in the GCC countries.

The investors qualified to participate in the subscription include non-resident foreigners who are allowed to invest in Nomu, qualified foreign financial institutions, and any legal person entitled to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and accounts with Edaa.

Natural persons are also among the qualified investors allowed to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and accounts with Edaa, provided they fulfill certain criteria.

They should have executed transactions in the securities markets worth a total of no less than SAR 40 million, and no less than 10 deals in each quarter during the past 12 months.

Natural persons should also have net assets value of no less than SAR 5 million and be working or have worked for at least three years in the financial sector.

They should hold a general certificate in securities dealing, approved by the CMA and a professional certificate in the field of securities business, approved by an internationally-recognized body.

The list of qualified investors includes any other persons to be defined by the CMA.

Company Info:

AlMuneef Co. For Trade, Industry, Agriculture and Contracting was established as a closed joint stock company in May 2009 in Riyadh. It operates in supplying some products of the agricultural sector and wholesale or retail sale of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and others.

The company's current actual activity is represented in the purchase and supply of some products related to the agricultural sector, such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural supplies, re-packaging and wrapping them in multi-size packages, marketing and selling them, whether wholesale or retail, through the company's sales outlets, in addition to its website.

The company provides land transportation services for petroleum products, agricultural fertilizers and equipment through its owned specialized transport fleet.

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