Subscription to Hedab Alkhaleej 800,000 shares opens today on Nomu

Logo of Hedab Alkhaleej Trading Co.

Qualified investors start today, Feb. 16, subscription to Hedab Alkhaleej Trading Co.'s 800,000 shares on the Nomu-Parallel Market. The price range was set between SAR 48 and SAR 52.

The shares offered represent 11.94% of the company's pre-IPO capital, currently valued at SAR 67 million, divided into 6.7 million shares with a nominal value of SAR 10 each.

These shares also make up 10.67% of the post-IPO capital.

Following the IPO, the company's capital will be raised to SAR 75 million, divided into 7.5 million shares.

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The subscription period will run for five days until Feb. 20.

The IPOs of Hedab Alkhaleej and Ratio Specialty Co. brings listings on Nomu in 2025 to six listings, after Shmoh Almadi Co. debuting on Jan. 13, ITMAM Consulting Co.  on Jan. 23, Alshehili Co. for Metal Industries on Jan. 29., and Basma Adeem Medical Co. (Smile Care) on Feb. 3.

The parallel market witnessed 28 IPOs in 2024.

The Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved, on Sept. 30, 2024, the company’s request to register and float its shares on Nomu.

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

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

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

Additionally, the qualified investors include any legal person entitled to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and with Edaa, as well as natural persons allowed to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and with Edaa, provided they fulfill certain criteria, including the below:

They should have executed transactions in the capital markets worth a minimum of SAR 40 million and at least 10 deals in each quarter during the past 12 months.

Natural persons should also have a net asset value of at least SAR 5 million and be working or have worked for at least three years in the financial sector.

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

The list of qualified investors also includes any other persons as defined by the CMA.

Company Profile

Hedab Alkhaleej was established in 2003 as a closed joint stock company headquartered in Qassim-Buraydah.

According to its commercial registration, its activities include the general construction of residential and non-residential buildings, wholesale trade of bricks, blocks, tiles, stone, marble, ceramics, and porcelain, along with land transportation of goods, freight forwarding, buying and selling of land and real estate, as well as property and warehouse management and leasing.

The company's current actual activity is the sale of ceramics, porcelain and marble, providing logistics and transportation services.