QSE: Qatar Stock Exchange.

Board: QSE's Board of Directors.

CEO: Chief Executive Officer.

Executive Management: Directors of the Departments and all employees appointed in Grade 1 and selected special grade of the Schedule of Grades and Salaries applicable to QSE.

QFMA: Qatar Financial Markets Authority.

QSE Staff: Any individual who is employed or appointed by the QSE, in connection with its business, whether under a contract of service or for services or otherwise, for example, directors, partners and consultants; or whose services, under an arrangement between the QSE and a third party, are placed at the disposal and under the control of the QSE, for example, contractors and agency staff.

QH: Qatar Holding LLC a company wholly owned by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) incorporated Qatar Stock Exchange as a Qatari Shareholding Company wholly owned by QH.

Independent Member: A board member who:

1. has not been a member of the Senior Executive Management of the Company or any company of its group in the past two years.

2. has no first-degree relative relation with any Board member or Senior Executive Management of the Company, or any company of its group.