Retail subscription to Aramco's secondary offering begins today

03/06/2024 Argaam Special
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Retail investors began today, June 3, subscribing to Saudi Arabian Oil Co.'s (Saudi Aramco) secondary public offering of 154.5 million shares on the Saudi Exchange Main Market (TASI).

 

Shares offered to retail subscribers represented 10% (or SAR 1.554 billion) of Aramco’s share capital.

 

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The offered shares constitute about 0.64% of the company's issued shares, as Aramco is capitalized at SAR 90 billion, divided into 242 billion shares (at no par value).

 

The retail subscription will end on June 5 at 5:00 pm.

 

The price range for the retail offering was set at SAR 26.7-29 per share.

 

The bookbuilding process for institutional subscribers to Aramco's secondary offering began on June 2.

 

Retail investors can subscribe to 10 shares, or its multiples, at SAR 29. No shares will be allocated to the retail investors at a price higher than the final offering price, which will be announced after the end of the book-building process on June 7.

 

Surplus will be refunded, representing the variance between the subscription price (SAR 29) and the final offer price plus the value of subscribed, unallocated shares.

 

The following table illustrates an example for an individual investor that bought 100 shares (assuming that the final offer price is less than the stock closing on June 6) as follows:

 

An example of a retail subscriber for 100 Aramco shares

No. of Subscribed Shares

Subscription Price (SAR)

Final Offer Price (SAR)

No. of Allocated Shares

Surplus Refund from Price Variance

(SAR)

Surplus Refund from Share Allocation

(SAR)

Total Refunds

(SAR)

100

29

29

50

--

1450

1450

100

29

28

50

50

1450

1500

 

The world’s largest oil exporter officially announced its secondary offering on May 30 and published the related document on May 31.

 

Company Profile 

Company 

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco)

Market 

Main Market (TASI)

Core Activities

Oil and gas

Capital

SAR 90 bln

Number of Shares

242 bln

Par Value

None

 

IPO Summary

Percentage to Total

0.64%

Offered Shares

1.545 bln

Price Range

SAR 26.7- 29.0

Number of Shares Offered to Retail Investors

154.5 mln

Minimum Subscription Limit for Retail Investors

10 shares

Maximum Subscription Limit for Retail Investors

None

Subscription Period for Retail Investors

June 3-5, 2024

Date of Announcing Final Offering Price

June 7, 2024

Final Allocation

June 7, 2024

Deadline for Depositing Retail Shares

June 9, 2024

Expected Commencement of Offer Shares Trading

June 9, 2024

Surplus Refund (If any)

June 11, 2024

Period of Price Stability

June 9-July 9, 2024

 

Company Shareholders

Shareholders

Pre-Offering

Post-Offering

Number of Shares

(bln shares)

Ownership (%)

Number of Shares

(bln shares)

Ownership (%)

Government

198.89

82.19%

197.35

81.55%

Other Shareholders

43.11

17.81%

44.65

18.45%

Total

242.0

100%

242.0

100%

 

Additional Information

Lead Manager

SNB Capital

Receiving Banks

SAB - Alinma Bank - ANB - SNB - Al Rajhi Bank - Riyad Bank - BSF

 

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