Qualified investors start subscription to 240,000 Fad shares today

Logo of Fad International Co.

Qualified investors start today, Nov. 1, subscription to 240,000 shares, or 20% of Fad International Co.’s share capital, on the Nomu-Parallel Market.

The subscription period will run five days until Nov. 7

Fad’s IPO is the 23rd on Nomu this year.

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., International Human Resources Co. (IHR), Naba Alsaha Medical Services Co., Arabian Plastic Industrial Co. (APICO), AlBabtain Food, Knowledge Tower, as well as Molan Steel Co., Saudi Top Trading Co., Leen Alkheir Trading Co., Nofoth Food Products Co., in addition to Alwaha REIT Fund.

In June, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved the company’s application to offer 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, provided that they are appointed under terms that enable them to take decisions related to accepting the 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 on 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 that they fulfil certain criteria.

They should have executed deals in the securities markets, at a total value 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 a 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 also includes any other persons to be defined by the CMA.

Company Profile:

Fad International is a closed Saudi joint stock company, established in 2009, and is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The company's activities, according to its commercial register, include wholesale and retail sales of ready-made women's clothing. The company's actual activity is retail and wholesale trade in clothing, fabrics, bags, shoes and accessories, leather products, perfumes and cosmetics.

The company runs successful operations across the GCC and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt.

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