Fsdp Quarterly Newsletter Q2 2025 · Page 7

 
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The Saudi Exchange Company Amends Tick Size Bands 
of Securities 
The Saudi Exchange Company announces amendments to 
the structure of its minimal incremental price movement 
bands, or “tick size” bands, for Main Market and Nomu-
Parallel Market securities, excluding debt instruments. 
These changes bring the Saudi Exchange more in line with 
global best practice and come into effect on 
29/06/2025G. The new structure introduces expanding 
the applicability of smaller tick size bands, in addition to 
an additional band for securities priced at SAR 500 and 
above to maintain an appropriate range of spreads across 
price bands. The amendments aim to enable more precise 
pricing and enhance overall market and trading 
efficiency, in addition to Minimize spread constraints, 
thereby reducing trading costs for investors. 
The Saudi Exchange Company Announces an Enhanced 
Stock Split Process 
The Saudi Exchange Company announces changes to its 
trading and membership procedures to enhance the 
trading process for shares resulting from stock splits 
implemented by companies listed on the Saudi Exchange. 
Ensuring that changes in share quantities and its prices 
are reflected in investors' portfolios immediately. The 
adjusted shares will be available for trading by the 
exchange members from the first trading session after the 
stock 
split 
decision 
is 
approved. 
This 
process 
enhancement will support investors in making faster, 
more informed investment decisions, ensuring that there 
is no misalignment in the share price and share quantity 
of a stock during a stock split. This enhancement is 
operational in nature and does not impact the procedure 
of stock splits or its requirements for listed companies. 
Issuers intending to split their stocks can continue to do 
so without any change to existing mechanisms.  
The Permission of the FinTech experiment granted to 
Three companies and their completion of the 
commencement of business requirements 
Based on the Capital Market Law issued by Royal Decree 
No. (M/30) dated 06/02/1424 AH, its implementing 
regulations, and the Financial Technology Experimental 
Permit instructions issued by the Board of the Capital 
Market 
Authority, 
The 
Capital 
Market 
Authority 
announced that three companies have completed the 
commencement of business requirements to experiment 
the Financial Technology permit granted to them 
pursuant to the decision of CMA's Board of Directors, 
which are: 
- Owais Al-Osool for Financial Technology to test 
Offering and Investment in Debt Instruments. 
- Emkan Alarabiya to test Investment and Real Estate 
Funds Distribution Platform. 
- InvestSky 
Holding 
Limited 
Financial 
Technology 
Company to test Social Trading. 
Saudi Tadawul Group Launches the “STG App” to Drive
Digital Transformation in the Kingdom’s Capital 
Markets 
Saudi Tadawul Group has announced the launch of the 
STG App, a new digital platform that marks a significant 
milestone in the digital transformation of the Saudi 
Capital Market. The STG App offers a seamless, feature-
rich experience designed to empower market participants 
with instant access to a wide range of market services
and data. Through the app, users can stay updated with 
instant market news, access up-to-date market data,
create customized watchlists, and efficiently monitor 
their investment portfolios, all of which contribute to an 
enhanced user experience and enables more informed 
investment decisions. With the STG