Base Prospectus dated 1 April 2019 SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (incorporated as a joint stock company under the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Global Medium Term Note Programme Saudi Arabian Oil Company (the “Issuer”) has established a Global Medium Term Note Programme (the “Programme”), pursuant to which it may from time to time issue notes (the “Notes”) denominated in any currency agreed with the relevant Dealer(s) (as defined below). The Notes will be constituted by and have the benefit of a trust deed dated 1 April 2019 (as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, the “Trust Deed”), between the Issuer and Citibank N.A., London Branch (the “Trustee”, which term shall include any successor trustee under the Trust Deed). Application has been made (i) to the Financial Conduct Authority (the “UK Listing Authority”) under Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”), for Notes issued under the Programme during the period of 12 months from the date of this Base Prospectus to be admitted to the official list of the UK Listing Authority (the “Official List”) and (ii) to the London Stock Exchange plc (the “London Stock Exchange”) for such Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market (the “Regulated Market”). References in this Base Prospectus to Notes being “listed” (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to the Official List and have been admitted to trading on the Regulated Market. The Regulated Market is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended (“MiFID II”). Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of, interest (if any) payable in respect of, the issue price of, and the completion of certain other terms and conditions which are applicable to, each Tranche (as defined below) of Notes will be set forth in a final terms (the “Final Terms”), which, in order for Notes to be admitted to the Official List and to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market, will be delivered to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange on or before the date of issue of the Notes of such Tranche. AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE “RISK FACTORS”. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Notes may be offered and sold (i) within the United States to qualified institutional buyers (“QIBs”) (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)), in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”) and (ii) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act (“Regulation S Notes”). Prospective purchasers are hereby notified that sellers of Notes may be relying on an exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. The minimum denomination of any Notes issued under the Programme shall be €100,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency as at the date of issue of the relevant Notes). Subject thereto and in compliance with all applicable legal, regulatory or central bank requirements, Notes will be issued in such denominations as may be specified in the applicable Final Terms. The Issuer has been assigned a long-term issuer rating of A1 by Moody’s Investors Service Limited (“Moody’s”) and A+ by Fitch Ratings Limited (“Fitch”). The Programme has been assigned a rating of A1 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch. Each of Moody’s and Fitch is established in the European Economic Area and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009, as amended (the “CRA Regulation”). As such, each of Moody’s and Fitch is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Market Authority (“ESMA”) on its website in accordance with the CRA Regulation. Notes issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated. Where an issue of Notes is rated, the applicable rating(s) will be specified in the applicable Final Terms. Such rating will not necessarily be the same as the rating assigned to the Issuer by the relevant rating agency. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Amounts payable under the Notes may be calculated by reference to either LIBOR or EURIBOR, which are provided by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“ICE”) and the European Money Markets Institute (the “EMMI”), respectively. As at the date of this Base Prospectus, ICE and the EMMI do not appear on the register of administrators and benchmarks established and maintained by ESMA pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 (the “Benchmark Regulation”). As far as the Issuer is aware, the transitional provisions in Article 51 of the Benchmark Regulation apply, such that ICE and the EMMI are not currently required to obtain authorisation or registration. Arrangers and Dealers J.P. Morgan Morgan Stanley Dealers Citigroup Goldman Sachs HSBC NCB Capital Company International This Base Prospectus should be read and construed together with any supplements hereto and, in relation to any Tranche of Notes, should be read and construed together with the applicable Final Terms. This Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive. The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended or superseded, and includes any relevant implementing measure in any relevant Member State of the European Economic Area. The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified under “Overview— Overview of the Programme” and any additional Dealers appointed under the Programme from time to time by the Issuer (each, a “Dealer” and, together, the “Dealers”), which appointment may be for a specific issue of Notes or on an ongoing basis. In the context of a discussion of an issue of a particular Tranche of Notes, reference in this Base Prospectus to “relevant Dealer”or“relevant Dealers” shall be to the Dealer or Dealers agreeing to subscribe for the particular Tranche of Notes. As used herein, “Tranche” means Notes which are identical in all respects (including as to listing and admission to trading) and “Series” means a Tranche of Notes together with any further Tranche or Tranches of Notes which (a) are expressed to be consolidated and form a single series and (b) have the same terms and conditions or terms and conditions which are the same in all respects save for the amount and date of the first payment of interest thereon and the date from which interest starts to accrue. The language of this Base Prospectus and the Final Terms in respect of any Tranche of Notes is English. Certain legislative references and technical terms have been cited in their original language in order that the correct technical meaning may be ascribed to them under applicable law. No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with this Base Prospectus or any other document entered into in relation to the Programme or any information supplied by the Issuer or such other information as is in the public domain and, if given or made, such information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer, the Trustee or any Dealer or the Registrar, the Exchange Agent, any Paying Agent, any Transfer Agent or the Calculation Agent (collectively, the “Agents”). Neither this Base Prospectus nor any other information supplied in connection with the Programme or any Notes should be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer, the Trustee, the Dealers, the Arrangers or the Agents that any recipient of this Base Prospectus, or any other information supplied relating to the Programme or any Notes, should purchase any Notes. Each investor contemplating purchasing any Notes should make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of the creditworthiness, of the Issuer. Neither this Base Prospectus nor any other information supplied in connection with the Programme or the issue of any Notes constitutes an offer or invitation by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of the Trustee, the Dealers, the Arrangers, the Agents or any other person to any person to subscribe for or to purchase any Notes in any jurisdiction where such offer or invitation is prohibited. No representation or warranty is made or implied by the Trustee, the Dealers, the Arrangers, the Agents or any of their respective affiliates, and none of the Trustee, the Dealers, the Arrangers, the Agents nor any of their respective affiliates makes any representation or warranty or accepts any responsibility as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Base Prospectus. Neither the delivery of this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms nor the offering, sale or delivery of any Note shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that the information contained in this Base Prospectus is true subsequent to the date hereof or the date upon which this Base Prospectus has been most recently amended or supplemented or that there has been no adverse change, or any event reasonably likely to involve any adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer since the date hereof or, if later, the date upon which this Base Prospectus has been most recently amended or supplemented, or that any other information supplied in connection with the Programme is correct at any time subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document containing the same.
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