2026-01-06
The Capital Market Authority issued this regulation to establish comprehensive corporate governance and operational rules for Saudi listed joint stock companies. It mandates the timely filing of financial statements, defines strict duties of care and loyalty for board members, and sets a maximum seven-year term for external auditors. The framework further standardizes shareholder assembly procedures, share buy-back and pledge mechanisms, dividend distributions, and pre-emptive rights trading to enhance market transparency and corporate accountability.
ل - Internal داخ KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Capital Market Authority Implementing Regulation of the Companies Law for Listed Joint Stock Companies English Translation of the Official Arabic Text Issued by the Board of the Capital Market Authority Pursuant to Resolution Number 8-127-2016 Dated 16/1/1438H Corresponding to 17/10/2016G Based on the Companies Law Issued by Royal Decree No. M/3 dated 28/1/1437H Amended by Resolution of the Board of the Capital Market Authority Number 3-44-2026 Dated 11/10/1447H corresponding to 30/03/2026G Based on the Companies Law Issued by Royal Decree No. M/132 dated 1/12/1443H Note: The official text is in Arabic. This document is an unofficial translation and is provided for information purposes only Important Notice: The current version of this Regulation, as may be amended, can be found at the Authority website: www.cma.org.sa
i Table of Contents Part 1: General Provisions Article 1: Preliminary Provisions Part 2: Filing of Financial Statements, Board’s Report and External Auditor’s Report Article 2: Filing of Financial Statements, Board’s Report and External Auditor’s Report Part 3: Appointment of the Company’s External Auditor and His Term of Office Article 3: Appointment of the Company’s External Auditor and His Term of Office Part 4: Board of Directors Chapter 1: Duties of Care and Loyalty Article 4: Duties of Care and Loyalty Chapter 2: Appointment of the Board Members Article 5: Appointment of the Board Members Chapter 3: End of a Board Membership Article 6: End of a Board Membership Chapter 4: Remunerations of Board Members Article 7: Rules of Determining and Paying Remunerations of Board Members Article 8: Assigning Additional Duties or Positions in the Company to a Board Member Article 9: Variance in the Remunerations of Board Members and their Relation to Company’s Profitability Article 10: Non-entitlement of Remuneration and the Obligation of Paying it Back Article 11: Paying Remunerations Based on False or Misleading Information Article 12: Disclosing the Remunerations of Board Members Part 5: Holding General and Special Assemblies Meetings of Shareholders and their Participation therein through Contemporary Technology Article 13: Rules of Holding Assembly through Contemporary Technology
ii ل - Internal داخ Article 14: Verifying the Shareholder’s Identity and Eligibility Article 15: Counting the Required Quorum for the Validity of the Assembly Meeting Article 16: Calling for the Assembly Meeting through Contemporary Technology Part 6: Buy-back, Sale, and Pledge of Shares Chapter 1: Share Buy-back Rules Article 17: Share Buy-back Rules Article 18: Buy-back of Shares to Retain Them as Treasury Shares Article 19: Notifying the Exchange of Share Buy-back Article 20: Disclosing the Treasury Shares Article 21: Distributable Profits Amount Article 22: Buy-back of Shares to Decrease the Share Capital Chapter 2: Effects of a Buy-back Transaction Article 23: Buy-back of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares Article 24: Treasury Shares Retention Period Article 25: Rights Issue Article 26: Capitalisation Issue Chapter 3: Rules of Company’s Sale and Pledge of Shares Article 27: Rules of Company’s Sale of Shares Article 28: Rules of Company’s Pledge of Shares Chapter 4: Employees’ Shares Article 29: Employees’ Shares Part 7: Pledge of Company’s Shares Chapter 1: Share Pledge Rules Article 30: Taking a Pledge Over Shares
iii ل - Internal داخ Article 31: Share Pledge Rules Chapter 2: Pledge Agreement and Its Registration Article 32: Share Pledge Agreement Article 33: Share Pledge Effectiveness Article 34: Rights Attached to Pledged Shares Article 35: Right to Attend Assemblies and Vote on Their Decisions Chapter 3: Foreclosing on the Pledged Shares Article 36: Foreclosing on the Pledged Shares Chapter 4: General Provisions Article 37: Registering More Than One Pledge Over a Pledged Share Part 8: Shares Issued by the Company Chapter 1: Issuance, Buy-Back and Conversion of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares by the Company Article 38: Rules of Issuance, Buy-Back and Conversion of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares by the Company Article 39: Special Assemblies Article 40: Right to Vote in General Assemblies Article 41: Amending the Rights of Preferred Shares’ Holders Article 42: Paying the Profits Allocated to Preferred Shares’ Holders Article 43: Valuation of In-kind Contributions Chapter 2: Forward Split or Reverse Split of Shares Article 44: Forward Split or Reverse Split of Shares Part 9: Dividend Distribution to Shareholders of the Company Chapter 1: Distributable Profits and Timing of Payment of Dividends Article 45: Distributable Profits and Share Premium Account
iv ل - Internal داخ Article 46: Timing of Payment of Dividends Chapter 2: Interim Dividends Distribution Article 47: Requirements for the Distribution of Interim Dividends Article 48: Disclosing the Dividends in the Board’s Report Article 49: Rules of Interim Dividends Distribution Part 10: Issuance and Sale of Pre-emptive Rights Resulting from Capital Increase Chapter 1: Definition of Pre-emptive Rights Article 50: Definition of Pre-emptive Rights Article 51: Effects of the Approval of Rights Issue Chapter 2: Mechanism of Trading Pre-emptive Rights Article 52: Mechanism of Trading Pre-emptive Rights Chapter 3: Options Available to Registered Shareholders and New Investors Article 53: Options Available to Registered Shareholders Article 54: Options Available to New Investors Chapter 4: Pre-emptive Right’s Indicative Value Article 55: Pre-emptive Right’s Indicative Value Part 11: Proxy Procedures for Attending General and Special Assemblies Article 56: Appointing a Proxy to Attend Assemblies and Vote on Behalf of the Shareholder Article 57: Proxy Authentication Article 58: Number of Shares that Can Be Represented by a Single Proxy Article 59: Validity and Effectiveness of Proxy Article 60: Appointing a Proxy to Attend Assemblies through Contemporary Technology Article 61: Providing the Company with a Copy of the Proxy and Presenting the Original Proxy Article 62: Exclusion of Invalid Proxy and the Powers of the Company Towards Proxies
v ل - Internal داخ Part 12: Rules of Authorisation for Businesses and Contracts that are Executed for The Company’s Account in which a Board Member has Direct or Indirect Interest or Authorisation for Competing Businesses Article 63: Businesses and Contracts that don’t Require Authorisation Article 64: Authorisation by Board (Based on a Delegation from the General Assembly) Article 65: The General Assembly’s Authorisation Article 66: Indirect Interest Article 67: Refusal to Grant the Authorisation Part 13: Demerger Article 68: Demerger Part 14: Publication and Entry into Force Article 69: Publication and Entry into Force Annex (1): Proxy Form
1 ل - Internal داخ Part 1 General Provisions Article 1: Preliminary Provisions a) This Regulation shall not prejudice the provisions of the Companies Law, the Capital Market Law, any of their implementing regulations, and other relevant Laws. b) The Authority may waive a provision of this Regulation, in whole or in part as they apply to any person, upon his/her request or on its own initiative. c) Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases, whenever they appear in this Regulation, shall have the meanings herein specified: − Shares: shares of listed joint stock companies. − Treasury Shares: Purchased Shares which are retained by the Company, including Employees' Shares which are retained by the Company. − Employees’ Shares: Treasury Shares which are allocated by the Company to its employees. − Purchased Shares: shares bought back by the Company pursuant to Article (114) of the Companies Law. − Preferred Shares: shares issued by the Company which entitle their holders the right to receive a larger percentage of the Company’s net profits than the percentage received by holders of ordinary shares, after deduction of reserves (if any), without entitling them to vote in the General Assembly. − Redeemable Shares: shares issued by the company that can be redeemed at the company's option, or at the shareholder's option in a special purpose acquisition company, in accordance with the terms and conditions of its redemption. − General Assembly: the general assembly held with the attendance of the shareholders of the Company pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law and the Company’s bylaws. − Special Assembly: the special assembly held with the attendance of holders of the same class of ordinary shares or Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares in accordance with the Companies Law, Company’s bylaws and this Regulation. − The Public: any person other than the persons mentioned in the definition of “public” set out in the Glossary of Defined Terms Used in the Regulations and Rules of the Authority. For purposes of this Regulation, the shares retained by the Company do not count as part of the ownership of the public. − Shareholders Register: a register of shareholders prepared and maintained by the Depository Centre which includes names of shareholders, their nationality, place of residence, Shares numbers in which all relevant dealings related to the Shares issued by the Company are recorded.
2 ل - Internal داخ − Exchange: the Saudi Stock Exchange. − Capital Market Institution: a person authorised by the Authority to carry out securities business. − Company: a listed joint stock company. − Cumulative Voting: a method of voting for electing Board members that gives the holder of voting shares a voting capacity equivalent to the number of shares he/she owns, and by which the shareholder is entitled to either exercise all of his/her votes towards one nominee or to divide his/her votes towards several nominees without any duplication of such votes. − Rules on the Offer of Securities and Continuing Obligations: the Rules on the Offer of Securities and Continuing Obligations issued by the Board of the Authority. − Depository Centre Rules: the Securities Depository Centre Rules approved by the Board of the Authority. − Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Securities: the Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Securities issued by the Board of the Authority. − Corporate Governance Regulations: the Corporate Governance Regulations for listed joint stock companies issued by the Board of the Authority. − Remuneration Committee: a committee formed pursuant to the provisions of the Corporate Governance Regulations. − Board: the Company’s board of directors. − Registered Shareholders: the shareholders registered in the Shareholders Register at the end of the day on which the Extraordinary General Assembly’s meeting is held to approve the increase of the Company’s share capital and issuance of related new shares or at the end of the day specified by the Ordinary General Assembly or by the Board on which shareholders become entitled to dividends as to dividends distribution. − Remunerations: amounts, allowances, profits and their equivalent, periodic and annual performance-related bonuses, short and long term incentive plans, in addition to any other in-kind benefits, except for reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred by the Company on behalf of a Board member in performing his work. − Prospectus: the document required to offer securities in accordance with the Capital Market Law, and the Rules on the Offer of Securities and Continuing Obligations. − Capital Market Law: the Capital Market Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/30) dated 2/6/1424H. − Companies Law: the Companies Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/132) dated 1/12/1443H.
3 ل - Internal داخ − Depository Centre: the Securities Depository Centre. − Authority: the Capital Market Authority. − Business Day: a business day in the Kingdom according to official working days of the Authority. − Day: a calendar day, whether a business or non- business day. − Affiliate: a person who controls another person or is controlled by that other person, or who is under common control with that person by a third person. In any of the preceding, control could be direct or indirect − Control: the ability to influence actions or decisions of another person directly, indirectly, individually or collectively with a relative or an affiliate through: (A) owning %30 or more of the voting rights in a company, (B) having the right to appoint %30 or more of the administrative team members. − Capitalisation Issue: an offer of further shares to existing shareholders, fully paid up out of the Company’s reserves, in proportion to existing shareholders holdings.
4 ل - Internal داخ Part 2 Filing of Financial Statements, Board’s Report and External Auditor’s Report Article 2: Filing of Financial Statements, Board’s Report and External Auditor’s Report Filing of the Company’s financial statements, Board’s report and external auditor’s report shall be in accordance with the provisions related to the disclosure of financial statements and Board’s report in the Rules on the Offer of Securities and Continuing Obligations.
5 ل - Internal داخ Part 3 Appointment of the Company’s External Auditor and His Term of Office Article 3: Appointment of the Company’s External Auditor and His Term of Office1 a) The Ordinary General Assembly shall appoint an external auditor and shall determine his fees, term of office, and scope of work. b) The total term of office for the external auditor shall not exceed seven consecutive or non-consecutive financial years, and the Authority may, at its discretion, amend this term for any company or sector; such period shall be recalculated after the lapse of not less than three consecutive financial years from the end of the last financial year in which he worked on auditing of the Company’s accounts. c) The total term of office for the partner supervising the audit work at the external auditor shall not exceed seven consecutive or non-consecutive financial years, and the Authority may, at its discretion, amend this term for any company or sector; such period shall be recalculated after the lapse of not less than five consecutive financial years from the end of the last financial year in which he worked as a partner supervising the audit work of the Company’s accounts. 1 The Capital Market Authority Board issued its Resolution Number 8-5-2023 Dated 25/6/1444H Corresponding to 18/1/2023G which stated that listed companies must amend its positions in accordance with Article (3) of the Implementing Regulation of the Companies Law for Listed Joint Stock Companies within a period not exceeding two financial years from the its effective date on 26/6/1444H corresponding to 19/1/2023G
6 ل - Internal داخ Part 4 Board of Directors Chapter 1: Duties of Care and Loyalty Article 4: Duties of Care and Loyalty Each member of the Board shall comply with the duties of care and loyalty, and this shall include, in particular, the following:
7 ل - Internal داخ Chapter 2: Appointment of the Board Members Article 5: Appointment of the Board Members a) Cumulative Voting shall be used in electing the Board, in which it is not allowed to use the voting right of a single share more than once; by way of exception from this provision, a company listed in the Parallel Market may use another voting method in electing the Board if the Company's bylaws stipulated the same. b) The Company's bylaws may stipulate the right for one or more shareholders to appoint one or more members in the Board subject to the following rules:
8 ل - Internal داخ 3) For the removal of one or more members of the Board, the applicant must demonstrate that the member is unable to perform the duties as prescribed by law, including -but not limited to- cases where the Board member did not attend three consecutive or five non-consecutive Board meetings during the course of his/her membership, has been convicted of a crime involving breach of trust, or where a decision has been issued by a competent authority, in accordance with the relevant laws, that affects the member’s ability to perform his/her duties. d) Upon receiving the request referred to in paragraph (c) of this Article, the Board shall comply with the following:
9 ل - Internal داخ until a new Board is elected, provided that the period of such continuation of the resigned Board does not exceed (120) days from the date of such resignation. And the Board shall undertake all necessary procedures to elect a new replacement Board before the expiry of the period specified in this paragraph. Chapter 4: Remunerations of Board Members Article 7: Rules of Determining and Paying Remunerations of Board Members a) Without prejudice to other relevant Laws and regulations issued by other supervisory authorities and in addition to the relevant provisions of the Companies Law and the Corporate Governance Regulations, when determining and paying Remunerations of each Board member, the Board must comply with the following standards:
10 ل - Internal داخ Article 10: Non-entitlement of Remuneration and the Obligation of Paying It Back If the General Assembly decides to terminate the membership of any Board member who fails to attend three consecutive Board meetings or five non-consecutive Board meetings during his membership without a legitimate excuse accepted by the Board, then such Board member shall not be entitled to any Remuneration for the period starting from the last Board meeting he/she attended, and he/she shall pay back any Remuneration he/she received for that period. Article 11: Paying Remunerations Based on False or Misleading Information If it is evidenced to the audit committee or the Authority that the Remuneration paid to any Board member was based on false or misleading information presented to the General Assembly or included in the annual Board report, the Board member shall return such Remuneration to the Company, and the Company may request such Board member to return such Remuneration. Article 12: Disclosing the Remunerations of Board Members The Board must disclose in its annual report details of the Remuneration policies, and mechanisms for determining such Remuneration, including amounts in cash and in-kind benefits paid to each Board member in exchange for any executive, technical, managerial, or advisory work or positions.
11 ل - Internal داخ Part 5 Holding General and Special Assemblies Meetings of Shareholders and their Participation therein through Contemporary Technology Article 13: Rules of Holding Assembly through Contemporary Technology a) Contemporary technology may be used to allow the shareholders to participate in General Assembly and Special Assembly meetings and their deliberation, review agendas of such meetings and related documents, in accordance with the following rules:
12 ل - Internal داخ Article 16: Calling for the Assembly Meeting through Contemporary Technology Without prejudice to Article (91) of the Companies Law, the Company may send General Assemblies and Special Assemblies meeting invitations through means of contemporary technology.
13 ل - Internal داخ Part 6 Buy-back, Sale, and Pledge of Shares Chapter 1: Share Buy-back Rules Article 17: Share Buy-back Rules A Company may, if so provided and permitted in its bylaws, buy-back its ordinary shares, Preferred Shares, or Redeemable Shares, in accordance with the following rules:
14 ل - Internal داخ 9) the Company must not buy-back its Shares during the following periods: • during the fifteen (15) days preceding the end of the financial quarter and until the date of the Company’s announcement of its reviewed interim financial statements; and • during the thirty (30) days preceding the end of the financial year and until the date of the Company’s announcement of its reviewed interim financial statements or its audited annual financial statements; 10) the Company must not have a sale order in place while buying Shares. Article 18: Buy-back of Shares to Retain Them as Treasury Shares A Company may not buy-back its shares to use them as Treasury Shares except for the following purposes:
15 ل - Internal داخ Chapter 2: Effects of a Buy-back Transaction Article 23: Buy-back of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares a) If a Company buys-back its Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares, they are deemed cancelled upon completion of the buy-back transaction and the Company must then take necessary regulatory procedures as a result of purchasing these Preferred Shares. b) The Company planning to purchase a class of its Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares must make an offer to all the holders of that class of shares in a manner that provide equality according to the provisions of Article (137) of the Companies Law. Article 24: Treasury Shares Retention Period The Extraordinary General Assembly shall determine, within its resolution approving the Share buy-back transaction, the maximum time period during which the Company may retain its Treasury Shares without selling them or allocating them to its employees as Employees’ Shares Plan, and the Company must not dispose of these Shares after the elapse of the mentioned period, and must take necessary regulatory procedures to cancel these Shares within a period not exceeding six months after the end of that period, unless the Extraordinary General Assembly resolved to extend the period for which the Company may retain the Treasury Shares before the said six month elapses. Article 25: Rights Issue Unless the Treasury Shares are allocated to the Company's employees as part of the Employees’ Shares Plan, a Company may not increase its share capital through a rights issue if it retains Treasury Shares or if the Extraordinary General Assembly approved a Share buy-back transaction, and did not cancel such approval. Article 26: Capitalisation Issue If a Company which retains Treasury Shares increases its share capital through a capitalisation issue, it shall have rights similar to those of other shareholders with respect to such Shares. Chapter 3: Rules of Company’s Sale and Pledge of Shares Article 27: Rules of Company’s Sale of Shares A Company may sell its Treasury Shares if so provided and permitted in its bylaws, in accordance with the following rules:
16 ل - Internal داخ the sale transaction, and for the purpose of calculating the average daily trading volume in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, private transactions shall not be calculated in the company's daily trading volume. 3) the sale transactions must be executed through the Exchange – must not be through a private transaction –. As an exception, the sale of these Shares is not required to be executed through the Exchange if the purpose of the Treasury Shares is to fund share swap transactions for acquiring a company or purchasing an asset or to fulfil convertible debt instruments holders right to convert them into Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of those instruments; 4) the Company must not sell its Treasury Shares during the following periods: • during the fifteen (15) days preceding the end of the financial quarter and until the date of the Company’s announcement of its reviewed interim financial statements; and • during the thirty (30) days preceding the end of the financial year and until the date of the Company’s announcement of its reviewed interim financial statements or its audited annual financial statements; and 5) the Company must not have a buy order in place while selling Shares. Article 28: Rules of Company’s Pledge of Shares A Company may pledge its Shares as security for a debt, if so provided and permitted in its bylaws, in accordance with the following rules:
17 ل - Internal داخ Part 7 Pledge of Company’s Shares Chapter 1: Share Pledge Rules Article 30: Taking a Pledge Over Shares Without prejudice to other relevant Laws and regulations, anyone who has the right to own Shares of a Company or hold Shares for and on behalf of a third party may take a pledge over Shares in accordance with the rules set forth in this Part. Article 31: Share Pledge Rules A shareholder of a Company may pledge some or all of his/her Shares, in accordance with the following rules:
18 ل - Internal داخ Article 34: Rights Attached to Pledged Shares The pledgee creditor may receive the dividends resulting from the pledged Shares and may enjoy all rights attached to them, unless the pledge agreement provides otherwise. Article 35: Right to Attend Assemblies and Vote on Their Decisions As an exception to Article (34) of this Regulation, the pledgee creditor shall not be permitted to attend or vote at the General Assembly meetings and the Special Assembly meetings. Chapter 3: Foreclosing on the Pledged Shares Article 36: Foreclosing on the Pledged Shares a) The foreclosure on pledged Shares shall be in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, and rules. b) A Capital Market Institution may foreclose on Shares deposited for its benefit or Shares available in its customer’s portfolio as a guarantee for the margin lending through directly selling them on the Exchange, in accordance with the relevant applicable rules and the margin lending agreements entered into between both parties, even if such Shares are not pledged for the benefit of the Capital Market Institution. Chapter 4: General Provisions Article 37: Registering More Than One Pledge Over a Pledged Share It is permitted to register more than one pledge over any Share of the Shares subject to a pledge in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Lien Law.
19 ل - Internal داخ Part 8 Shares Issued by the Company Chapter 1: Issuance, Buy-Back and Conversion of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares by the Company Article 38: Rules of Issuance, Buy-Back and Conversion of Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares by the Company a) The Company may issue or buy-back Preferred Shares or Redeemable Shares in accordance with the following rules:
20 ل - Internal داخ Article 40: Right to Vote in General Assemblies
21 ل - Internal داخ Part 9 Dividend Distribution to Shareholders of the Company Chapter 1: Distributable Profits and Timing of Payment of Dividends Article 45: Distributable Profits and Share Premium Account a) The distributable profits consist of the net income minus all amounts that are set aside for the reserve allocated for specific purposes in the Company’s bylaws, if any, or the amounts that must be set aside for the reserves created by the General Assembly plus the retained earnings and the distributable reserves formed out of profits. b) The Company’s share premium account that is within shareholders equity shall not be used to distribute cash dividends to shareholders. Article 46: Timing of Payment of Dividends The Board must implement the General Assembly resolution with respect to dividend distribution to the Registered Shareholders within fifteen (15) business days from the date they become entitled to such dividends as determined in such resolution, or the Board’s resolution for the distribution of interim dividends. Chapter 2: Interim Dividends Distribution Article 47: Requirements for the Distribution of Interim Dividends A Company may, if so provided and permitted in its bylaws, distribute interim dividends to its shareholders on a biannual or quarterly basis after fulfilling the following requirements:
22 ل - Internal داخ Article 49: Rules of Interim Dividend Distribution a) Dividend distributions must be recorded to the cumulative retained earnings account of preceding years or to the distributable reserves formed out of profits or both. The Company must take into account having a sequential and consistent approach in determining the manner and percentages of dividend distributions in light of the Company’s capabilities and available liquidity. The Board must disclose and announce the percentages of regular interim dividends approved for distribution to the shareholders on the specified dates. b) A Company must, upon resolving to distribute interim dividends, disclose to the Authority and the public immediately and without delay such resolution.
23 ل - Internal داخ Part 10 Issuance and Sale of Pre-emptive Rights Resulting from Capital Increase Chapter 1: Definition of Pre-emptive Rights Article 50: Definition of Pre-emptive Rights Pre-emptive Rights are tradable securities issued by a Company which grant their holder the right to subscribe for new cash Shares offered upon the Extraordinary General Assembly’s approval of the increase of the Company’s issued capital or the Board’s approval of the increase of the Company’s capital within the limits of its authorized capital through the issuance of new cash Shares. Each pre-emptive right grants its holder the right to subscribe for one new Share at the offer price. The Extraordinary General Assembly may issue a resolution to allocate the new Shares resulting from a capital increase to any shareholder (excluding others) or a new investor who is not a shareholder, and in this event the capital increase does not result in rights issue. Article 51: Effects of the Approval of Rights Issue After the Extraordinary General Assembly’s approval of the increase of the Company’s issued capital, or the Board’s approval of the increase of the Company’s capital within the limits of its authorized capital, through a rights issue, the price of the Share is adjusted by the Exchange, and the pre-emptive rights are deposited as securities in the portfolios of the Registered Shareholders based on their eligibility and in proportion to the percentage they each own in the share capital and with regards to the type and class of shares they own, within a maximum of two (2) days from the date of the Extraordinary General Assembly meeting. The pre-emptive rights will be deposited in the portfolios of Registered Shareholders under a new symbol that designates these rights, and cannot be traded and subscribed for except in accordance with what is disclosed in the Prospectus. The value of such pre-emptive rights will not appear in the Registered Shareholders’ portfolios before the trading period, however, only the number of pre-emptive rights will appear. The Exchange will regularly calculate and publish an indicative value on its website during the period for trading of pre-emptive rights. Chapter 2: Mechanism of Trading Pre-emptive Rights Article 52: Mechanism of Trading Pre-emptive Rights The Mechanism of trading of pre-emptive rights include the following steps:
24 ل - Internal داخ c) If the price of rump Shares is higher than the offer price, the difference (if any) shall be distributed, after deducting the subscription expenses incurred by the Company in relation to selling these rights, as a compensation to holders of pre-emptive rights, whether they are Registered Shareholders or new investor who purchased the pre-emptive rights and did not subscribe for their pre-emptive rights or did not sell their pre-emptive rights in proportion to the pre-emptive rights they own. 3) Allocation of shares to subscribers: The prospectus determines the period of allocation of Shares to subscribers, and the date of transferring the compensation (if any). Chapter 3: Options Available to Registered Shareholders and New Investors Article 53: Options Available to Registered Shareholders A Registered Shareholder shall have the following options:
25 ل - Internal داخ Part 11 Proxy Procedures for Attending General and Special Assemblies Article 56: Appointing a Proxy to Attend Assemblies and Vote on Behalf of the Shareholder a) A shareholder in a Company may authorise, pursuant to a written proxy letter, another natural person, either from shareholders of the Company or others, provided that he is not a Board member, to attend the General Assembly or Special Assembly meetings and vote on its agenda items on his/her behalf. Such proxy letter must be in accordance with the proxy form attached to the meeting notice issued by the Company, which shall be in the form set out in Annex (1) and shall include the following information: − full name of the authorising shareholder if he is a natural person, or its name according to its commercial registration, or equivalent, if it is a legal person; − name of the Company according to its commercial registration; − Identification number if the shareholder is a natural person, or commercial registration number if it is a legal person, or equivalent; − full name and identification number of the proxy; − name and capacity of the proxy letter signatory, provided that a copy of the legal power of attorney is attached if the signatory is a legal representative; − date of proxy letter and period of validity; and − type of assembly meeting for which the proxy letter is granted. b) Notwithstanding the information required in paragraph (a) of this Article, a shareholder may authorise another person, from shareholders of the Company or others, provided that he is not a Board member, to attend the General Assembly or Special Assembly meetings on his/her behalf pursuant to a legal power of attorney, provided that such power of attorney shall explicitly state the representative’s right to attend General Assembly and Special Assembly meetings of the Company (as applicable) and vote on its agenda items. Article 57: Proxy Authentication a) A shareholder who is a Saudi natural person or resident in the Kingdom, or a legal person duly established in the Kingdom, must attest his/her signature in the proxy letter by any of the following authorities:
26 ل - Internal داخ capital market institution with whom he opens his investment account, in accordance with the Investment Accounts Instructions. c) A shareholder who is a non-resident natural person may send a proxy letter to the Company, attested by the Kingdom’s diplomatic authorities and embassy in his/her country of residence, specifying his/her proxy who have the right to attend the Company’s General Assembly or Special Assembly meetings on his/her behalf, in accordance with Articles (59), (60), and (61) of this Regulation. Article 58: Number of Shares that Can Be Represented by a Single Proxy The Company’s bylaws may set a maximum number of shares that a single proxy may represent in attending meetings and vote on behalf of its holders. If the Company’s bylaws do not include such limitation, a single proxy may accept more than one proxy letter from the Company’s shareholders, attend meetings and vote on their behalf regardless of the number of shares he represents in a meeting, except where the proxy is issued by a shareholder if he/she solely owns a number of Shares exceeding the maximum number determined in the bylaws. Article 59: Validity and Effectiveness of Proxy Without prejudice to paragraph (b) of Article (56) of this Regulation, and unless otherwise stated in the proxy, a proxy letter must be to the General Assembly or Special Assembly meeting following the issuance of the proxy. Such proxy shall be valid if a meeting is adjourned to a second or third meeting for failure to reach the quorum of the first meeting to which the proxy letter was issued. Article 60: Appointing a Proxy to Attend Assemblies through Contemporary Technology A shareholder (who is a natural person) must not authorise another person in any of the following cases: a) to attend the Company’s General Assembly or Special Assembly meeting on his/her behalf using contemporary technology. b) to attend the Company's General Assembly or Private Assembly meeting on his/her behalf if the shareholder intends to personally attend the meeting at the same time through Contemporary Technology. Article 61: Providing the Company with a Copy of the Proxy and Presenting the Original Proxy The shareholder or its proxy must provide the Company with a copy of the proxy letter at least two days prior to the assembly meeting, and the proxy shall present the original proxy letter prior to the assembly meeting. Article 62: Exclusion of Invalid Proxy and the Powers of the Company Towards Proxies Any proxy letter issued in violation of the Part must be excluded and considered void. The Company may accept proxies that are not received within the period specified in Article (61) of this Regulation, provided that it is provided to the Company prior to the close of the registration process of shareholders in the General Assembly or Special Assembly.
27 ل - Internal داخ Part 12 Rules of Authorisation for Businesses and Contracts that are Executed for The Company’s Account in which a Board Member has Direct or Indirect Interest or Authorisation for Competing Businesses Article 63: Businesses and Contracts that don’t Require Authorisation The businesses and contracts that are executed for personal needs shall not be deemed as a direct or indirect interest that require an authorisation from the Ordinary General Assembly, provided that such businesses and contracts are carried out in the same conditions and settings followed by the Company with all contractors and dealers, and that such businesses and contracts must be within the normal course of the Company's activities. Article 64: Authorisation by Board (Based on a Delegation from the General Assembly) a) The Ordinary General Assembly shall have the right to delegate the authorisation powers stipulated in paragraph (1) of Article (27) of the Companies Law to the Company's Board, provided that the delegation is in accordance with the following conditions:
28 ل - Internal داخ g) The Ordinary General Assembly shall have the right to add additional terms to the terms stated in this Article, provided that such terms are included in the conflict of interest policy referred to in Article (41) of the Corporate Governance Regulations. Article 65: The General Assembly’s Authorisation If the Ordinary General Assembly does not delegate the authorisation powers stipulated in Article (64) of this Regulation, or if the terms of authorisation stipulated in paragraph (a) and (c) of Article (64) of this Regulation are not fulfilled, an authorisation must be obtained from the Ordinary General Assembly. Article 66: Indirect Interest An interest shall be considered indirect if the business and contract executed for the Company's account may result in financial or non-financial benefits to, but not limited to, the following categories:
29 ل - Internal داخ Part 13 Demerger Article 68: Demerger A Company may be split into two or more companies, subject to the following rules:
30 ل - Internal داخ Part 14 Publication and Entry into Force Article 69: Publication and Entry into Force This Regulation shall be effective as per its approval resolution.
31 ل - Internal داخ Annex (1) Proxy Form Proxy Form Date: Corresponding to: I ]authorising shareholder’s full name[[ ] with national with ID number [ ]/ residence permit (for non-Saudis) or its equivalent, issued by [ ] in my [personal]capacity or ]an authorised signatory/ chairman/manger[] name of authorising company[ and the owner of [ ] shares of ]name of the joint stock company[ with commercial registration number [ ] and pursuant to article [ ] of the Company’s bylaws herby authorise [ name of the representative] to attend the [type of assembly] assembly meeting held in [place of meeting] in [ name of city] in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at [ ] of the [ ] th day of [ ] dated[ H.] according to Hijri calendar and corresponding to [ ]G to vote on my behalf on the agenda and to sign on my behalf on all resolutions and documents related to these meetings. This authorisation is valid for this meeting and any subsequent adjourned meeting. Full name of the person signing the proxy: Capacity the person signing the proxy: National ID number of the person signing the proxy or residence permit (for non-Saudis) or its equivalent: Signature of the authorising shareholder: