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The Qatar Central Securities Depository added 535996240 new Baladna shares to investor accounts according to a statement published on the Qatar Stock Exchange site. This action follows the close of the rights issue subscription period on August 17 and brings the company’s paid-up capital to exactly QAR 2679981202 divided across an identical number of shares. A Qatar News Agency dispatch on September 1 had already detailed that 77.5 percent of the offered shares were taken up during the subscription window that opened August 4.
Baladna disclosed in the September 1 statement carried by the Qatar News Agency that 415488835 shares were subscribed while 120507405 shares remained unsubscribed. The Qatar Financial Markets Authority granted approval for both the subscription outcome and the listing of the allotted shares. Unsubscribed shares will follow the mechanism outlined in the July 22 Extraordinary General Assembly resolution and prevailing market regulations.
The rights issue formed part of a sequence of capital adjustments that included earlier bonus share distributions approved during 2025. Baladna’s own filings show the company lifted paid-up capital through a 7.1 percent bonus issue in November 2025 and a further 5.26 percent bonus distribution in March 2026 before launching the latest rights offering. These moves have progressively enlarged the equity base from an initial QAR 1.9 billion level at the start of 2025.
Financial results Baladna released for the first half of 2026 placed revenue at QAR 659 million and net profit at QAR 362 million according to the company’s interim report. EBITDA for the same period reached QAR 478 million on the back of steady performance in dairy and juice categories plus contributions from international investments. The fresh capital is intended to finance further dairy and agricultural projects in Qatar and potential expansion into the Syrian market as outlined in the July rights issue prospectus.
Trading in the enlarged share capital commenced on the Qatar Stock Exchange on September 8 following the formal addition of the new equity by Edaa. The exchange had previously facilitated the rights trading window between July 28 and August 3 during which investors could buy and sell subscription rights. Coordination among the Qatar Stock Exchange, Edaa, the Qatar Financial Markets Authority and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry ensured all regulatory steps were completed on schedule.
