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 |