Salama shareholders approve 60% capital cut; 2-day trading halt on stock

17/08/2022 Argaam
Logo ofSalama Cooperative Insurance Co.

Logo of Salama Cooperative Insurance Co.


Salama Cooperative Insurance Co.’s shareholders approved the board’s recommendation on a 60% capital decrease from SAR 250 million to SAR 100 million, during the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held on Aug. 16, 2022, the insurer said in a bourse filing.

 

Key Figures of the Capital Reduction

Current Capital

SAR 250 mln

Number of Shares

25 mln

Reduction (%)

60%

New Capital

SAR 100 mln

New Number of Shares

10 mln

Reason

Restructuring the company’s capital to write off  94.48%, or SAR 158.77 mln, in accumulated losses, as of Dec. 31, 2021

Date of reduction

For shareholders registered with the Securities Depository Center Co. (Edaa) by the end of second trading day after the EGM date, during which it was decided to reduce capital

Method

Writing off 15 mln shares at SAR 150 mln or reduction of 3 per 5 shares

 

Shareholders also agreed to use SAR 5 million from the statutory reserve as of March 31, to cover part of the company’s accumulated losses of SAR 167.09 million, representing a capital of 66.84% as of March 31.

 

Meanwhile, the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) announced that the daily fluctuation limit for Salama will be based on a share price of SAR 32.45 and the outstanding orders will be canceled.

 

Trading on the company’s shares will be suspended for two business days, starting today, Aug. 17 – until the Securities Depository Center Co. (Edaa) reflects  shares reduction on investors’ portfolios. The suspension on trading will end on Aug. 18.

 

Salama Cooperative Insurance Co.'s board of directors recommended, on March, a capital reduction by 60% to SAR 100 million from SAR 250 million, according to data available with Argaam

Comments {{getCommentCount()}}

Be the first to comment

loader Train
Sorry: the validity period has ended to comment on this news
Opinions expressed in the comments section do not reflect the views of Argaam. Abusive comments of any kind will be removed. Political or religious commentary will not be tolerated.