<The Ministry of Finance announced that it has appointed a number of global and local investment banks to coordinate a series of meetings with fixed income investors, which will start from Monday, 5/1/1439H, corresponding to 9/25/2017. The ministry said in a statement that it has also assigned these investment banks to manage and arrange an offering of debt instruments under the International Debt Instrument Issuance Program established by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 14/1/1438H, corresponding to 10/10/2016, which was updated on Friday 2/1/1439H, corresponding to 22/9/2017.

The ministry said in a statement.

After the meetings, depending on market conditions, an offering of U.S. dollar-denominated, senior unsecured debt instruments, consistent with the provisions of Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, will take place. <This release has not been published in the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan, and copies of this release may not be distributed or transmitted in any of these countries, and this release does not constitute an offering, in Saudi Arabia or any other country, of the securities referred to above. The securities referred to above may not be sold in the United States without registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”). Saudi Arabia does not intend to register any of the securities or conduct a public offering in the U.S. The securities will be offered in the U.S. to qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Rule 144A of the Securities Act and will be offered outside the U.S. under the provisions of Regulation S of the Securities Act, and this announcement is made under the provisions of Rule 135C of the Securities Act.

This announcement is made pursuant to the provisions of Rule 135C of the Securities Act.

The Ministry of Finance stated that Saudi Arabia does not intend to register any of the securities or conduct a public offering in the U.S. <The Ministry of Finance has stated that this announcement does not constitute an offering of securities to the public in the United Kingdom, and no prospectus has been or will be approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the securities, stating that this announcement is intended only for: (1) persons outside the United Kingdom; (2) persons who are investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Markets and Services Act 2000 (Financial Marketing) Order 2005 (the “Order”); and (3) high net worth institutions and any other person to whom this announcement may lawfully be sent under the provisions of Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order.