Capital Markets Authority

Announcement No. 100 Regarding Fees, Commissions, and Their Collection Mechanism

Pursuant to Law No. 161 dated August 17, 2011, concerning Capital Markets, and pursuant to Decision No. 26/1/4 of the Capital Markets Authority Board, taken in its meeting held on January 26, 2026,

we hereby inform you of the following:

First: Announcement No. 97 dated January 31, 2024, is hereby cancelled and replaced by this Announcement.
Second: The fees and commissions specified in Annex No. 1 are collected according to the procedures referred to in Annex No. 2 attached to this Announcement. Third: The fees and commissions specified in the attached Annex No. 1 apply starting from January 1, 2026. Fourth: This Announcement takes effect immediately upon its publication in the Official Gazette.

Beirut, on February 11, 2026
Chairman of the Capital Markets Authority / Governor of Bank of Lebanon Karim Saeed

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Annex No. 1

Fees and Commissions Payable in Lebanese Lira

Request No.	Type of Transaction or Request	Fee in Lebanese Lira (L.L.)
1	Request for establishing a financial brokerage institution to conduct activities related to securities transactions	500,000,000 L.L.
2	Request for a license for one of the activities related to securities transactions	180,000,000 L.L.
3	Request for registration of an organized person / transfer of registration / request for review / request to change the status of a registered person / request for taking notice	180,000,000 L.L.
4	Annual fee to maintain the license (per activity)	630,000,000 L.L.
5	Annual fee to maintain registration of persons performing organized duties (per person)	55,000,000 L.L.
6	Annual fee to maintain registration of a recognized broker (per person)	55,000,000 L.L.
7	Request for cancellation of a fully licensed institution's license	800,000,000 L.L.
8	Request for cancellation of a partially licensed institution's license (per activity)	540,000,000 L.L.
9	Temporary suspension of a licensed institution's operations / reactivation	600,000,000 L.L.
10	Amendment or replacement of the Articles of Association / Memorandum of Association	225,000,000 L.L.
11	Capital increase execution process / restructuring	360,000,000 L.L.
12	Distribution of shares and/or quotas and/or subscription rights and/or cash dividends	315,000,000 L.L.
13	Change of the external audit commissioner	135,000,000 L.L.
14	Delegation of duties to external entities	180,000,000 L.L.
15	Licensing and taking notice of securities including Islamic bonds, establishment / marketing / promotion of Lebanese or foreign securities	1,250,000,000 L.L.
16	Licensing or taking notice of establishment and marketing/promotion of Lebanese/foreign collective investment schemes	1,250,000,000 L.L.
17	Amendment of fund characteristics / collective investment schemes	180,000,000 L.L.
18	Licensing of Lebanese institutions to manage collective investment schemes	1,250,000,000 L.L.
19	Collective investment schemes: Licensing to manage mutual investment funds or participate in managing joint stock companies	1,250,000,000 L.L.
20	Securitization operations: Licensing to establish Lebanese securitization entities / marketing quotas of foreign securitization entities	270,000,000 L.L.
21	Amendment of the regulations for Lebanese securitization entities	180,000,000 L.L.
22	Request for company merger/acquisition	360,000,000 L.L.
23	Change of fund audit commissioner	135,000,000 L.L.
24	Special offering notice	180,000,000 L.L.
25	Request for clarification	100,000,000 L.L.
26	Request for extension of deadline	100,000,000 L.L.
27	Request for a duplicate copy of a lost certificate or document	100,000,000 L.L.
28	Opening or transfer of a branch	180,000,000 L.L.
29	Liquidation of funds / suspension of securities marketing	180,000,000 L.L.
30	Change of institution name	135,000,000 L.L.
31	Late compliance fee as specified under Law No. 161 and CMA regulations	270,000,000 L.L.
32	Submission of disclosure / report review	180,000,000 L.L.
33	Request for exemption or waiver	100,000,000 L.L.
34	Licensing of recognized brokers	270,000,000 L.L.
35	Amendment of basic data	100,000,000 L.L.
36	Other miscellaneous requests	180,000,000 L.L.
37	Various supervisory services	180,000,000 L.L.
38	License issuance fee - institution	2,700,000,000 L.L.
39	License issuance fee (per activity)	1,350,000,000 L.L.

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Annex No. 2

Commission Collection Procedures

1. The requesting entity intending to submit a transaction or request subject to a commission to the Authority must prepay, based on Annex No. (1) attached, the appropriate financial fee.

2. The fees and commissions specified in Annex No. (1) attached to this Announcement, pertaining to each transaction or request, are paid by transferring the required amount from a Lebanese Lira bank account belonging to the requesting entity to a bank account belonging to the Capital Markets Authority, dedicated for this purpose at Bank of Lebanon, bearing the following IBAN:
   LB36 0999 0000 0001 0016 5001 1125
   (and is noted continuously without spaces when used electronically)

3. The transfer is executed through the BDL-RTGS payment system, according to the mechanism adopted by said system, and the SWIFT message (MT202) is structured to show Fields 20 and 72 with the necessary information as follows:

20: Institution Number - Code of Request
72: REC/TRNSF/T72/Name of requesting Institution – number of requesting Institution – Code of request (Operation type 1,2,3... as per Annex 1.) – Amount – Date of Payment

For example:
To pay the commission for a licensing or taking notice request regarding the establishment and marketing/promotion of Lebanese/foreign collective investment schemes, the required code to be adopted is C16

20: 020-C16
72: REC/TRNSF/T72/ ABCDE – 020 – C16- 1,253,000,000- 31.1.2026

4. The requesting entity, when submitting a transaction or request to the Capital Markets Authority, must attach a final bank notice proving the completion of the required transfer, (a copy of MT298 message), containing the information detailed in Item 3 above.