Subscription to Arabica Star’s 275,000 shares starts today on Nomu

Logo of Arabica Star Co.

Qualified investors started today, Nov. 17, subscribing to 275,000 shares of Arabica Star Co., on the Nomu-Parallel Market, at SAR 64 per share.

The shares on offer represent 25% of the company's pre-IPO capital of SAR 11 million, divided into 1.1 million shares at SAR 10 each, and 20% of the post-IPO capital.

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The subscription period will run for five days until Nov. 21.

The IPO of Arabica Star on Nomu today brings the total number of listings on the parallel market to 24 this year, following the cancellation of Al-Hokail Academy Specialized Digital Polyclinics Co.’s offering and the postponement of Kinan International for Real Estate Development Co.’s listing.

In September 2024, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved Arabica Star’s request to register and float its shares on Nomu.

The subscription is limited to certain categories of investors, including capital market institutions authorized to act on their own accounts. This is in addition to clients of capital market institutions authorized to carry out management operations, provided they are appointed under terms that enable them to take decisions related to accepting participation in the share offering and investment in Nomu on behalf of clients without prior consent.

The categories include the Saudi government, any government or international entity approved by the CMA, the Saudi market, any other financial market recognized by the CMA, or the Securities Depository Center Co. (Edaa).

They also include companies owned by the government, directly or through a portfolio managed by a person authorized to practice management operations. This is in addition to investment funds, companies, and funds established in the GCC countries.

Additionally, the qualified investors include any legal person entitled to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and with Edaa, as well as natural persons allowed to open investment accounts inside the Kingdom and with Edaa, provided they fulfill certain criteria, including the below:

They should have executed transactions in the capital markets worth a minimum of SAR 40 million and at least 10 deals in each quarter during the past 12 months.

Natural persons should also have a net asset value of at least SAR 5 million and be working or have worked for at least three years in the financial sector.

They should hold a CMA-approved certificate in securities dealing and a professional certificate in the field of securities business, approved by an internationally recognized body.

The list of qualified investors includes also any other persons as defined by the CMA.

Company Profile

Arabica Star was established in 2012 in Buraydah. It establishes and operates beverage shops (coffee shops) and restaurants, the IPO prospectus noted.

Its business activities are represented in table-serve restaurants, meal-only activities (take out), mobile food trucks, coffee shops, ice cream shops, and fresh juices and cold drinks.

The company owns seven sub-registers distributed across Riyadh, Buraydah, Al Rass and Unaizah. One sub-register is based in Riyadh, where the company's products are showcased through kiosks, with four others in Buraydah (including kiosks and restaurants owned by the company). Each of Unaizah and Al Rass boast one sub-register, both used to vend the company's products through kiosks in the two cities.