Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD) has registered several treasury bills (T-bills), issued by Qatar Central Bank (QCB), for the fourth quarter of 2018. These T-bills are of different values with varying maturity periods, which include a T-bill with a nominal value of QR2.65bn with a three-year maturity period.
The QR2.65bn T-bill registered on November 11, 2018 by QCSD will have a number of 265,000 issues which will mature on 11/11/2021, reports QNA.
In addition, the T-Bills included three-month treasury bills with nominal value of QR400m. The total number of T-Bills issued was 40,000 and a maturity date of 05/02/2019. It also included six-month treasury bills issued with nominal value of QR200m. The total number of T-Bills issued was 20,000 and a maturity date of 01/05/2019. QCSD also registered the nine-month Treasury Bills issued by QCB with nominal value QR 200 million. The total number of T-Bills issued was 20,000 and maturity date of 06/08/2019.
The QCSD also reduced the capital of Vodafone Qatar by reducing it’s paid up share capital from QR8.45bn to QR4.22bn (to be exact QR8,454,000,000 to QR4,227,000,000) by reducing nominal value per share from QR10 to QR5 at the request of the company. This process does not affect the market value of the share or the number of shares held by the shareholders.
In addition, QCSD has announced the electronic services that will be provided by the company as part of the ongoing preparations to include QAMCO (Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Company) in order to facilitate the shareholders and save time and effort.
The company in its monthly report said that shareholders should update their data and add their IBAN account to receive the cash profits directly.
QCSD issued its report for November, featuring its main procedures during the month, which included custody, recording, management, acquisition, clearing and settlement of securities and derivatives and other financial instruments; the provision of related financial services; the transfer of ownership of executed contracts through trading and remittances; in addition to the implementation of all bookings and decommissioning and foreclosure operations at the request of the relevant parties. QCSD has also updated a number of shareholders’ statements and added new shareholders.
In its monthly report for August 2017, the QCSD provided figures that illustrate the main activities undertaken during the month. In ownership transfer of the third market, the QCSD conducted 226 family transfers in November compared to 88 in October, registering a sharp jump of 156.82 percent. The company also conducted 453 inheritance transfers in November compared to 773 in October, a decrease of 41.40 percent. In addition, 13 exception transfers were made in November, compared to 0 in the previous month, with a change of 100 percent.
The number of shareholders recognised in the company’s system during November reached 956,682 contributors, compared to 956,135 contributors in October, witnessing a marginal change of 0.06 percent, while the number of shareholders with a bank account was 50,722 contributors in November against 49,940 contributors in October, which has increased by 1.57 percent.
Also in November, 53 mortgage transactions were recorded, compared to 73 in October, down 27.40 percent. QCSD also registered 283 mortgage decomposition transactions in November, against 141 in October, showing a 100.71 percent growth.
The company also registered 731 account opening operations for new shareholders, compared to 319 registrations in October with a change of 129.15 percent, and issued 18,253 account statements, compared to 8,717 in October, a change of 109.40 percent.
