Tadawul discloses listed firms' shareholdings under staff share schemes

04/04/2021 Argaam Special

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The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) published its quarterly report on listed firms’ holdings in their own shares in Q1 2021.

 The report disclosed the ownership of 20 companies in their own stocks under employee share schemes and for other purposes at 264.66 million shares, a decrease of 8.52 million shares, compared to Q4 2020.

Listed companies usually retain a percentage of their own stock under employee share schemes and for other purposes.

The firms that held the biggest share of their stock were Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) retaining 9.99% of its shares, followed with United Electronics Co. (eXtra) holding 4.13%. 

Details of Listed Firms Shareholdings in Q1 2021 

Company

Shares held under employee share schemes

Shares held for other purposes

Total

Number of shares

% of total issued shares

Number of shares

% of total issued shares

Number of shares

% of total issued shares

SAIB

--

--

74995210

9.99 %

74995210

9.99 %

eXtra

2481784

4.13 %

--

--

2481784

4.13 %

Seera Holding

--

--

6487630

2.16 %

6487630

2.16 %

Samba*

10071762

0.50 %

30750680

1.53 %

40822442

2.04 %

Almarai

18764583

1.87 %

--

--

18764583

1.87 %

Amiantit

536294

1.67 %

--

--

536294

1.67 %

SADAFCO

--

--

500250

1.53 %

500250

1.53 %

Electrical Industries

--

--

500000

1.11 %

500000

1.11 %

Sipchem

6985402

0.95 %

--

--

6985402

0.95 %

Nama

165406

0.70 %

--

--

165406

0.70 %

Saudi Ceramic

--

--

250000

0.41 %

250000

0.41 %

Bupa Arabia

405158

0.33 %

--

--

405158

0.33 %

NCB

7030787

0.23 %

--

--

7030787

0.23 %

stc

2982700

0.14 %

--

--

2982700

0.14 %

SABB

1316145

0.06 %

--

--

1316145

0.06 %

Savola Group

--

--

341675

0.06 %

341675

0.06 %

Saudi Aramco

99904060

0.04 %

--

--

99904060

0.04 %

Petro Rabigh

184663

0.02 %

--

--

184663

0.02 %

Eastern Cement

--

--

8398

0.01 %

8398

0.01 %

National Gypsum

2138

0.01 %

--

--

2138

0.01 %

* The bank merged with NCB and its listing was canceled starting from Q2 2021.

The ownership ratio of some companies witnessed a change by the end of Q1 2021, as the following table shows:

Ownership Changes in Q1 2021

Company

Number of shares

% of Total issued shares

Change

Q4 2020

Q1 2021

Q4 2020

Q1 2021

Number of shares

Ratio (%)

Sipchem

5998963

6985402

0.81 %

0.95 %

986439

+0.14%

eXtra

2400000

2481784

4.00 %

4.13 %

81784

+0.13%

Petro Rabigh

185463

184663

0.02 %

0.02 %

(800)

--

Seera Holding

6490000

6487630

2.16 %

2.16 %

(2370)

--

Almarai

18821165

18764583

1.88 %

1.87 %

(56582)

(0.01%)

Saudi Aramco

104621815

99904060

0.05 %

0.04 %

(4717755)

(0.01%)

SABB

1838719

1316145

0.08 %

0.06 %

(522574)

(0.02%)

Samba

42164112

40822442

2.10 %

2.04 %

(1341670)

(0.06%)

NCB

9581794

7030787

0.31 %

0.23 %

(2551007)

(0.08%)

Bupa Arabia

554307

405158

0.46 %

0.33 %

(149149)

(0.13%)

Saudi Ceramic

500000

250000

0.83 %

0.41 %

(250000)

(0.42%)


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