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Knowledge Economic City Announces an update on The Signing of a Framework Agreement with China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company – CGGC

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1445/04/03     18/10/2023 08:59:24

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Introduction Reference to Knowledge Economic City Company (the Company or KEC) announcement on Tadawul dated 18 June 2023 on the signing of a framework agreement with China Gezhouba International Engineering Group Company “CGGC” – in the presence and patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Investment the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority, which involves the cooperation of the CGGC in the engineering, procurement, and construction phase for some of identified KEC projects in addition, cooperate to implement project planning, commercial proposal, and technical proposal for other projects, also to cooperate towards financing and investing in KEC projects in accordance with the current and future finance and investment rules and approvals in KSA and China;

The Company signed on 17 October 2023, three additional initial agreements with CGGC to initiate the arrangements towards the execution of some of the projects outlined in the first agreement signed between the two parties last June. The new agreements determine the estimated project cost, payment schedule, cost settlement mechanism, provided the final contracts cost will be determined later and agreed upon certain conditions identification such as project detailed design, materials and equipment. The respected projects are:

1) Al-Alya Project: The agreement for construction, material supply and finishing as general contractor for the project.

Al-Alya is a mixed-use project within a semi-gated community that includes residential, offices, hospitality, retail and knowledge sectors. It was designed to respond to the urban planning of “humanizing of cities” and the quality of life program which adopt green areas and pedestrians aim to creating an attractive lifestyle as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Those project components have been designed on 269,000 sqm area with 400,000 sqm as GFA provide a hotel with 120 room keys, around 1,500 residential apartments including 414 serviced apartments and 70 townhouse all are equipped with smart home technology, a mosque, and service areas that include two parcels of offices designed with flexible work spaces linked to the hotel and residences overlooking one kilometer wide park as part of the project objective to benefit from the market demand for high-quality integrated elements as they are connected to other KEC series of parks, open spaces and pedestrians.

It is worth mentioning that the agreement with CGGC adds to the contract signed with Elkhereiji Commerce and Contracting Company to execute the skeleton of the first phase of the residential buildings which provides 264 apartments which was announced on Tadawul on 18 June 2023.

2) The Islamic World District Project (IWD) – Phase I: The agreement for construction, material supply and finishing as general contractor for the project.

The Islamic World District – IWD all phases planned to occupy the largest plot in south area of KEC with 900,000 sqm designed as one of the other Transit Oriented Development - TOD projects which is connected to the Haramain High Speed Train Station in Madinah through the owned company project, Madinah Gate project currently under development. As a mixed use development the IWD support the objectives of the Ministry of Tourism and the Deyouf Alrahman programs through providing hospitality, entertainment, cultural, knowledge and shopping services in addition to the residential associated with those components that serves the housing programs of the KSA 2030 Vision together with entertainment area, green spaces, museums and shopping areas with the project design simulating the architectural style of a number of Islamic countries and hospitality sector aim at contributing to bridging the gap for hotel room keys in Madinah as part of the KSA 2030 Vision aiming to increasing the number of visitors to 30 million annually as well as serving the housing programs and quality of life program as part of the Vision 2030 in addition to the humanization of cities urban design style providing green spaces, public parks, and pedestrian. It also provides retail, restaurants, and an interactive museum. The project is linked internally and with other KEC developments through smart mobility transportation. Upon completion of all IWD project phases, it will provide around 14,000 hotel room keys and 1,800 residential apartments in addition to the retail areas and other components.

The first phase of the Islamic World Avenue project, for which the preliminary agreement was signed, includes a multi-use destination with a chain of hotels providing about (5,061) hotel units, residential apartments with (743) apartments, a market, a service area and support elements.

3) The Islamic World District Project (IWD) – Phase I: The agreement for Infrastructure Work:

The agreement is concerned with the development of infrastructure contracting work for the first phase of the project, including the supply of materials and equipment.

Previous Announcement The Signing of a Framework Agreement with China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company – CGGC
Date of Previous Announcement on Tadawul's Website 2023-06-18 Corresponding to 1444-11-29
Percentage of fulfilled achievement N/A
Event's Expected Completion Date N/A
Reasons for Exceeding the Announced End Date N/A
The costs associated with the event, and if they have changed or not with indication of the reasons. Where it was mentioned in the previous announcement that no financial impact of the first agreement at that time and that the financial impact will be determined according to the subsequent detailed agreements related to each of the projects specified in the agreement separately, according to the nature of the cooperation related to that project, the new initial agreements signed on 17 Oct 2023 outlined the initial cost of the agreements projects as US$970million of which US$400M related to Al-Alya project and US$570M related to Islamic World District Phase I whereby the final contracts cost and financial impact will be later determined contingent the finalization of number of engineering details and other related steps.
Impact of the Delay on the Company's Financial Results N/A
Additional Information The signing of the agreements was honored by His Excellency Mr. He Lifeng the Vice Premier of the State Council during the Chinese 3rd Forum of the "Belt and Road Initiative" held in the People's Republic of China. The signing of the agreements came as part of the Chines efforts to demonstrate the role played by Chinese companies in the implementation of international mega projects.

The Capital Market Authority and Saudi Exchange take no responsibility for the contents of this disclosure, make no representations as to its accuracy or completeness, and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss arising from, or incurred in reliance upon, any part of this disclosure, and the issuer accepts full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in it and confirms, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no other facts or information the omission of which would make the disclosure misleading, incomplete or inaccurate.

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