All Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan: (Developed by Karachi Stock Exchange and Meezan Bank Limited)
All Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan: (Developed by Karachi Stock Exchange and Meezan Bank Limited)
All Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan: (Developed by Karachi Stock Exchange and Meezan Bank Limited)
1. Background:
The Steering Committee of the Government of Pakistan for development of Islamic banking and
finance, constituted a sub-committee for promotion of Islamic Capital Market. The first meeting of the
sub-committee was held on March 6, 2014 wherein it was decided to initiate development of an All
Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan, comprising of all Shariah compliant companies listed on the Karachi
Stock Exchange (KSE)1. The sub-committee decided to recommend to the Securities and Exchange
Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to constitute a Technical Committee for the development of All
Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan which shall comprise of members from SECP, State Bank of Pakistan
(SBP), KSE, Meezan Bank Limited (MEBL) and Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP).
SECP on recommendation of the sub-committee constituted the Technical Committee comprising the
following:
Mr. Farhan ul Haq Usmani SVP, PD,SC Meezan Bank Ltd Member
The selection criteria for the companies / shares which can be included in All Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan comprises of
two broad categories:
2. Technical filters
For any stock to be Sharia compliant, it must meet ALL six criteria given below:
The Company which is on the Defaulters’ Counter and/or its trading is suspended, declared Non-Tradable (i.e.
NT) as on the re-composition date shall NOT be considered for inclusion in All Shares Islamic Index.
Explanation:
The principal objective of the All Shares Islamic Index is to gauge the performance of the Shariah
compliant segment of the equity market. Accordingly, it is important that all those shares which meet the
Shariah screening criteria should be included in the All Shares Islamic Index in order to ensure
completeness of the index and adherence to the core objective of the proposed All Shares Islamic Index.
However, it is also worth noting that many of the listed companies in Pakistan are closely held by
sponsors, resulting in very small free floats. Such shares can be illiquid and carry a high risk of price
distortion. In order to achieve the objective of the index, companies which do not meet the requirements
of “minimum free float of 5%” and “atleast 75% days trading”, should be disclosed as a separate
category to inform the investors about the illiquid nature of these shares.
During the selection process, each company’s financial reports are thoroughly reviewed by research analysts of Al-
Meezan to ensure that the company meets benchmarks or thresholds for Shariah compliance screening. Those that
are found to be non-compliant are screened out. The industries that are considered non-compliant (as defined in the
eligibility criteria) are not considered for inclusion in the All Shares Islamic Index, as these would not be
appropriate for investment from Shariah perspective.
The Governing Policy Committee of Islamic Index shall ultimately determine and direct the Management
regarding the base period and base index value. However, for the simulation purposes, The Index Technical
Committee has used _15000_points__ as the base value, whereas Dec 31, 2014 serve as the base period for the
index. The value of Islamic Index shall be arrived at by dividing the Full market capitalization (Total shares *
market price) of all eligible Islamic Securities in the Index by a number called the Index Divisor. The Divisor is the
only link to the original base period value of the Islamic Index . It will keep the Index comparable over a period and
will be the adjustment point for all future corporate actions, replacement of scrips etc.
1.4
Maintenance of All Shares Islamic Index of Pakistan
The day-to-day maintenance of the Index will be carried out within the Broad Index Policy Framework set by the
Exchange and Al Meezan. The Management will ensure that Islamic Index and KSE Index family maintain their
benchmark properties by striking a balance between frequent replacements in indices and maintaining their
historical continuity.
Basis Revision
December 31 May 15
June 30 November 15
To minimize the impact of corporate actions implemented between the revision date and review period, the
31st March and 30th September prices shall be used for the May 15th and November 15th revisions
respectively
To maintain the index’s continuity, adjustments to the base date value capitalization are performed as often as
necessary. Corporate actions and capital changes such as mergers acquisitions, spin-offs, and right offerings,
repurchases of shares, public offerings and special cash of stock distributions of other than the same stock may also
call for adjustments to be made. Such adjustments are necessary to prevent the value of the index from changing
due to such events. Hence, this helps in keeping the value of the index an accurate and unbiased gauge of
performance, and ensures that the movement of the index is not affected by corporate actions of constituent
companies. Divisor adjustments are made after the close of trading and after the calculation of the closing value of
the index.
Given the circumstances, the revised market capitalization is divided by closing index value (prior to adjustment) to
get the new divisor which takes care of the impact arising out of cash dividend, bonus, right issues or other such
corporate actions affecting the market price or number of outstanding shares.. The calculation will be carried out
one day prior to the commencement of closure of share transfer register on T+2 settlement basis and the prices
shall be opened on ex entitlement basis one day prior to the commencement of book closure of share transfer
register.
Divisor = 12,454,545,455
Step-1
Determine the ex-dividend price of the stock a to calculate the revised market capitalization and a new divisor
for the next day
Stock A
Cash Dividend: 10 %
= 21.50
Declaration of Bonus requires adjustments in the capitalization and within the Index Divisor itself. The following
process illustrates the process for a situation whereby an equity called “A” has declared 10% bonus in terms of
shares. Following steps are recommended to be followed in order to determine the price of Ex-Bonus of Company “A”
to calculate the revised market capitalizations and new divisor for the next day.
Given below example, calculates the Ex-bonus price on the basis of a board-lot of 100 shares by observing following steps.
Total shares after the Bonus issue: 100 + (100 X 10 %) = 110 shares
Divide unadjusted board lot value by adjusted lot-size in order to get Ex-Bonus Price:
2250/110 = RS 20.45
= 55,000,000 shares
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Share price and the total number of shares of “A “is adjusted in the following manner to calculate the New Divisor
for the next day.
Ex-Price is calculated by dividing unadjusted value of whole of the equity (shares) the revised size in the following
manner:
The company, which declares Right shares, has to close its books (shareholders register) to determine entitlement
within 45 days of the declaration.
At the date of book closure, the Ex–Right price is ascertained and if the company belongs to the Islamic Index then
the Divisor is adjusted due to the Ex-Right price of the company.
When the company informs the Exchange that it has dispatched Letter of Rights Offer to the shareholders, the
trading in the Letter of Rights Offer (Un- paid) is commenced. A separate block of capital, Un-Paid-Right, is
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formed equal to amount of right issue and the trading continues till next 30 business days or till the last date of
payment.
After the last date of payment, the trading in Un-Paid-Right (Letter of Rights Offer) is discontinued. By the end of 30th
day of the last date of payment or earlier, the company informs that shares certificates are ready for exchange with
Right Allotment Letter (RAL) or credited in the CDS, the capital of the RAL is merged with the company. At this stage,
the Divisor of the Islamic Index is adjusted for the increase in the number of shares of the company.
Divisor = 12,455,357
Total shares after the Right issue : 100 + (100 X 10 % Right) = 110 shares
Revised Cost of single Board Lot: 100 X Market Price + 10 (right shares X par value)
= 2350
Ex- Right price per share is determined by dividing Revised Cost of Board Lot by Revised Board Lot
= 2350/110
= 21.36
Share price of A is adjusted in order to get a revised divisor for next business day
Following table present a scenario thereby the All Shares Islamic Index horizon has three symbols:
1. Calculate the total number of shares of after with respect to declared percentage of the RAL:
= 50,000,000 x 10 %
= 5,000,000 shares
2. Revise the total size after accreditation /merger RAL Capital thereby enhancing the overall Capital of the Equity
= 50,000,000 + 5,000,000
= 55,000,000 shares
3. Increase the number of shares of company A to calculate the New Divisor for the next day:
Following table present a scenario thereby the All Shares Islamic Index horizon has three symbols:
In order to calculate the Ex-Right price on the basis of a single board lot, following procedure may be adopted.
Cost of a lot ( 100 shares) shall be revised : 100 shares X market price of A + {10 right shares X (par value + premium)}
= 100 x 22.50+ 10 x (10+10) = RS 2450
Ex- Right price per share shall be determined by dividing the value of new board lot by revised board lot size in the
following manner:
= 2450/110 = 22.27
The rest of the working would be same as mentioned in the section 1.7.6.1, which explained the handling of Right
issue without premium.
Divisor = 12,454,357
Following procedure illustrates the procedure and computations to calculate the Ex-Bonus and Ex- Right price of the equity
on a single board lot.
Revised Number of Shares shall be calculated after accommodating both the Right and Bonus Shares by using
following equations :
100 shares x market price of A + {10 right shares x (par value premium)}
Ex-Bonus and Ex- Right price per share shall be determined by dividing the revised cost of the board lot by the
revised board lot itself
= 2450/120 = 20.42
Calculate the total number of shares after the Bonus issue using the following formula:
Share price and the total number of shares of A shall be adjusted to calculate the New Divisor for the next day
Following table present a scenario thereby the All Shares Islamic Index horizon has three symbols:
The rest of the working would be same as mentioned in the section 1.7.6.1, which explained the handling of Right
issue without premium.