IPO Guide

A Guidebook to Initial Public Offering in Qatar

Glossary of Terms

AGM/EGM

Annual general meeting /Extraordinary general meeting

Board(s)

Board of directors of a company

CEO / CFO

Chief Executive Officer of a company/Chief Financial Officer of a company

Chairman

Chairman of the Board of directors of a company

Commercial Companies Law

Qatar Law No. 11/2015 concerning commercial companies

Governance Code

The corporate governance code established by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority 2014

IAS and IFRS

International accounting standards / International financial reporting standards

IPO

Initial Public Offering of shares in a company

Main Market

The main market of the QSE

MEC

Ministry of Economy and Commerce

QFMA

Qatar Financial Markets Authority

QFMA Auditors' Rules

Rules for external auditors andfinancial valuers established by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority 2014

QFMA Law

Qatar Law No. 8/2012 establishing the Qatar Financial Markets Authority

QFMA Regulations

The Qatar Financial Market Internal Regulations of 2009 regulating the listing of securities on a financial market in Qatar

QFMA Rulebook

Offering and Listing Rulebook for Securities of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority 2010

QSE

Qatar Stock Exchange

QSE Rulebook

QSE Rulebook March 2020

Valuer

Specialist performing independent valuation of a company