Saudi White Cement starts trading as first direct listing on Nomu today

Saudi White Cement Co.  starts trading on Nomu Parallel Market today, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, under the symbol 9512 and ISIN Code SA153GA4KK14, with a daily fluctuation limit of 20%, according to the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

According to data compiled by Argaam, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved on June 29, 2020, the first direct listing of Saudi White Cement on the Nomu Parallel Market.

Early in August, the cement producer set the price guidance for its initial public offering (IPO) in the parallel market at SAR 20.

Saudi White Cement is the second listing on Nomu this year, after Sumou Real Estate Co., bringing up the total number of traded companies to 5.

Key Highlights:

Saudi White Cement Co., a joint stock company, was established in 1997, in Riyadh with a capital of SAR 300 million. It is one of the first companies to manufacture white cement across the Kingdom, which started its production in 2001. The company operates with an annual production capacity of 990,000 tons of white clinker.

The company raised its capital to SAR 1.2 billion in 2011, to set up Riyadh Cement Co. (RCC) shareholders, which was established as a subsidiary of Saudi White Cement. RCC operates with a daily production capacity of 11,000 tons of clinker.

Al-Rashed Co. is the largest shareholder in the company, with a 23.2% stake.

The categories of qualified investors are as follows:

 -Authorized persons who act for their own account.

 -Clients of a person licensed to conduct activities management with the provisions and restrictions set forth in the book-building instructions.

-Government entities, any international body recognized by the CMA, the Exchange, or any other stock market recognized by the CMA, or the Depository Centre.

-Government-owned companies, investing directly or through a portfolio manager.

-Companies and funds established in the GCC

-Investment funds

-Non-resident foreigners who are permitted to invest in the parallel market and who fulfil the requirements stipulated in the investment guidelines.

-Qualified foreign financial institutions.

-Legal persons who will open an investment account in the Kingdom, and an account with the Depository Centre.

-Natural persons allowed to open an investment account in the Kingdom, and an account with the Depository Centre and fulfil any of the following criteria:

1) He/she has conducted transactions in the stock market of no less than SAR 40 million in total, and no less than 10 transactions in each quarter in the last 12 months.

2) Value of his/her net assets should be worth no less than SAR 5 million.

3) He/she works or has previously worked for at least three years in the financial sector.

4) He/she holds the General Securities Qualification Certificate, recognized by the CMA.

5) He/she holds a professional certificate specializing in securities business and accredited by an internationally recognized entity.

6) Any other persons prescribed by the CMA.