This announcement is not a prospectus and not an offer of securities for sale or subscription in any jurisdiction, including in or into the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or South Africa. Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. Any offer to acquire shares pursuant to the proposed offering is being made, and any investor should make its investment decision, solely on the basis of the information that is contained in the offering document that has been published by Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco).
- Pursuant to the final allocation of the fully marketed offering of 1.545 billion shares (the “Offering”), in which the majority of the shares constituting the institutional tranche of the Offering was allocated to investors located outside of the Kingdom, as of 9 June 2024, the public shareholders of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) (the “Company”) are comprised of: (i) international institutional investors (approximately 0.73% of issued shares), (ii) domestic institutional investors (approximately 0.89% of issued shares) and (iii) retail investors (approximately 0.76% of issued shares). Other shareholdings, including the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Government”), comprise approximately 97.62% of issued shares.
- International and domestic institutional investors consist of institutions that have purchased shares in the Company through its initial public offering (the “IPO”), the Offering and/or through open market purchases since the IPO.
- Retail investors consist of individual investors, including high net worth individuals (excluding executives, directors and any other individuals who would typically be considered as insiders), who have purchased shares in the Company through the IPO, the Offering and/or through open market purchases since the IPO.
- Other shareholdings include (i) shares owned by the Government, (ii) shares acquired by or transferred to Government-owned entities, subsidiaries and affiliates from the Government (not through the IPO, the Offering and/or through open market purchases), (iii) executives, directors and any other individuals who would typically be considered as insiders and (iv) 163,758,663 shares held in treasury.
