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Saudi Arabian Oil Company

16 May 2022

Saudi Aramco Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting Results.

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) Announces the Results of the 2022 Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting (First Meeting)

 
 Type of the General           Extraordinary 
  Assembly's Meeting 
  * 
 Number of invitations         First Meeting 
  to 
  the General Assembly 
  Meeting * 
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 Announcement Title            Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) Announces 
  *                             the Results of the Extraordinary General Assembly 
                                Meeting, which included approving the increase of 
                                the Company's capital (First Meeting). 
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 Introduction                  Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) announces 
                                the results of its Extraordinary General Assembly 
                                Meeting (First Meeting). 
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 City and Location of          Saudi Aramco Headquarters in Dhahran, virtual attendance. 
  the 
  General Assembly's 
  Meeting * 
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 Date of the General           11/10/1443H (based on Umm Ul Qura calendar) corresponding 
  Assembly's Meeting            to 12/05/2022G 
  * 
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 Time of the General 
  Assembly's Meeting 
  *                            18:30 
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 Percentage of Attending 
  Shareholders *               98.64% 
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 Names of the Board            The following board members attended the Extraordinary 
  of                            General Assembly Meeting: 
  Directors' Members 
  Present at the General        HE Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan (Chairman) 
  Assembly's Meeting and 
  Names of the Absentees        HE Dr. Ibrahim A. Al-Assaf (Vice Chairman) 
  * 
                                HE Mohammed A. Al-Jadaan 
 
                                HE Mohammad M. Al-Tuwaijri 
 
                                Mr. Andrew N. Liveris 
 
                                Ms. Lynn L. Elsenhans 
 
                                Mr. Peter L. Cella 
 
                                Mr. Mark A. Weinberger 
 
                                Mr. Stuart T. Gulliver 
 
                                Mr. Khalid H. Al-Dabbagh 
 
                                Mr. Amin H. Nasser 
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 Names of the Chairmen         Mr. Andrew N. Liveris (Chair of the Nomination Committee) 
  of the Committees Present 
  at the General Assembly's     Ms. Lynn L. Elsenhans (Chair of the Audit Committee) 
  Meeting or Members of 
  such Committees Attending     Mr. Peter L. Cella (Chair of the Risk and HSE Committee) 
  on Their Behalf * 
                                Mr. Mark A. Weinberger (Chair of the Compensation 
                                Committee) 
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 Voting Results on the 
  Items of the General                1. Approval of the Board of Directors Report for 
  Assembly's Meeting                  the financial year ended on December 31, 2021. 
  Agenda's * 
                                      2. Approval of the Board of Director's recommendation 
                                      to increase the Company's capital by way of granting 
                                      bonus shares through the capitalization of 15,000,000,000 
                                      Saudi Riyals from the Company's retained earnings 
                                      in the following manner: 
 
                                       *    The increase in capital will be made by capitalizing 
                                            an amount of SAR 15,000,000,000 from the Company's 
                                            retained earnings. The shareholders will be given one 
                                            (1) share for every ten (10) shares owned in Saudi 
                                            Aramco. 
 
 
 
                                       *    The share capital of the Company before the increase 
                                            is sixty billion Saudi Riyals (SAR 60,000,000,000), 
                                            and after the approval, it will be seventy-five 
                                            billion Saudi Riyals (SAR 75,000,000,000). The 
                                            percentage increase of the share capital is: 25%. 
 
 
 
                                       *    The number of shares before the increase is two 
                                            hundred billion (200,000,000,000), and after the 
                                            increase it will become two hundred and twenty 
                                            billion (220,000,000,000) shares. 
 
 
 
                                       *    By increasing its capital, the Company aims to 
                                            maximize total returns for its shareholders through 
                                            the distribution of sustainable and progressive 
                                            dividends, in line with future prospects, underlying 
                                            growth in free cash flow, and long-term value 
                                            creation through investments in available 
                                            opportunities. 
 
 
 
                                       *    In case there are any fractional shares as a result 
                                            of the capital increase, the fraction shares will be 
                                            grouped into a single portfolio on behalf of all of 
                                            the Company's shareholders who would otherwise have 
                                            been entitled to receive such fractional shares, and 
                                            sold at the market price and subsequently distribute 
                                            the net cash proceeds to their respective fractional 
                                            entitlements within 30 days from the date of 
                                            determining the shares due to each shareholder. 
 
 
 
                                       *    The shareholders who own shares by the end of the 
                                            trading day of the Company's extraordinary general 
                                            assembly and are registered in the Company's 
                                            shareholders' register with the Securities Depository 
                                            Center Company (Edaa) by the end of the second 
                                            trading day following the date of the extraordinary 
                                            general assembly meeting, will be eligible for the 
                                            bonus shares. 
 
 
 
                                       *    Amending Article (6) of the Saudi Aramco's Bylaws 
                                            relating to the capital. 
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