Listed company disclosure translation for issuers on ADX and DFM: material-information announcements, board reports, AGM notices and minutes, governance reports, financial statement notes and sustainability disclosures, translated between Arabic and English by an MOJ-licensed legal translation office, with figures and defined terms checked across both versions.
Trusted Credentials
Why Issuers Publish in Both Languages
Shareholders on UAE exchanges read Arabic, English or both. A disclosure that reads differently in each language can mislead the market as surely as a wrong number.
Since 1 January 2026, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has been replaced by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) under Federal Decree-Laws 32 and 33 of 2025, and references to the SCA in legislation now read as the CMA. Listed companies still answer to the federal regulator and to the rule book of the exchange they are listed on, ADX or DFM.
The 2020 Governance Guide for public joint-stock companies (SCA Chairman’s Decision 3/R.M of 2020) requires the AGM invitation to be published in two local Arabic-language daily newspapers (Article 41), requires the investor relations officer to have command of spoken and written Arabic and English, and requires material information, financial statements, board reports, governance reports and AGM minutes to be published on the company website (Article 51).
According to law-firm commentary from November 2026, ADX’s 2026 Investor Relations Guide lists bilingual Arabic and English publication of timely disclosures as a minimum requirement, with the binding obligations in the ADX Rules Book. We did not find one published DFM rule that requires every announcement in both languages, but most issuers on both markets publish in Arabic and English. Confirm the current requirement with your exchange.
Material information has to reach the market promptly, and results, board reports and AGM packs arrive in a rush at the end of each period. If the Arabic says “net profit” where the English says “profit before tax”, or a forward-looking caveat is dropped, the fix is a correction announcement. We keep a fixed glossary for your company so the second version is ready as soon as the first is approved.
Disclosures We Translate
Arabic⇄English in both directions. Full audited accounts have their own financial statements page, and sustainability reports their own guide.
Contracts won, acquisitions, financing, litigation, board changes and other price-sensitive news, often needed within hours.
The annual and interim board reports that accompany the financial statements, with the same figures and segment names.
Notices of meeting, agenda items, special resolutions, proxy forms and e-voting instructions for shareholders.
Minutes, voting results and resolutions announced after the meeting, with legal terms rendered as the Companies Law uses them.
Board composition, committees, related-party transactions, internal control and remuneration sections.
Interim notes, results press releases and management commentary, kept consistent with your audited terminology.
ESG sections, sustainability statements and the short exchange announcements that accompany them.
Dividend notices, capital changes, buy-back announcements, investor presentations and investor relations web content.
How It Works
Send last year’s annual report and governance report. We build a glossary of your segment names, defined terms and board titles, and agree it with your IR or company secretary team.
Share drafts as soon as they exist, with tracked changes on later versions, so the glossary is settled early and the final version is not a last-minute job.
A legal translator translates, and every figure, date, percentage and share count is checked against the source and reconciled between the two versions.
You receive editable files laid out like your original, ready for your disclosure upload and website, plus certified copies where a document is filed with a court or authority.
Who Reads Your Disclosures
Transparent Pricing
Excl. 5% VAT
We translate; we do not decide what must be disclosed or when, and we do not give securities-law advice. Your compliance officer or legal adviser owns the content and timing. Recurring reporting-season work can be quoted as a fixed price.
FAQ
Arabic is written into several rules: the 2020 Governance Guide requires AGM invitations in two Arabic-language daily newspapers, and ADX’s 2026 Investor Relations Guide treats bilingual timely disclosures as a minimum requirement. We did not find one rule requiring every DFM announcement in both languages, but bilingual publication is the norm on both markets. Check the current rules with your exchange.
The Capital Market Authority (CMA). Federal Decree-Law 32 of 2025, in force from 1 January 2026, made the CMA the legal successor of the SCA. The exchanges, ADX and DFM, continue to apply their own disclosure and listing rules.
We did not find a general rule for issuer announcements. DFM’s own market rules say the Arabic text of those rules prevails, and some companies state in their documents which version governs. The safe course is to make sure the two versions do not differ, which is what our reconciliation step is for. Ask your legal adviser about your own documents.
Same-day delivery is available for many documents, and short announcements are usually the easiest to turn around. Message us on WhatsApp before you send the text so a translator is ready, and tell us your upload deadline.
Usually not for exchange uploads and website publication, where an accurate translation in your layout is what matters. A certified translation is needed when a document goes to a court, a notary or an authority that asks for it, such as AGM minutes used in a later dispute.
Yes. Audited financial statements and auditor’s reports are covered on our financial statements translation page, with IFRS terminology. For a listed company we use one glossary across the statements, the board report and the governance report so the terms match.
Yes. Our ESG and sustainability report translation guide explains the reporting rules and the Arabic terminology traps. On this page we handle the related exchange announcements and the governance sections that sit beside the report.
We check every figure, date, percentage and share count against the source, and we use your approved Arabic names for the company, subsidiaries, board members and segments. Arabic numbering and decimal style follow your existing published reports.
Arabic⇄English is AED 60 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT. Revised drafts and full reporting seasons are quoted on request.
Yes. Tell us when a document contains unpublished or sensitive information, and we will discuss your confidentiality requirements, including any NDA you need, before you send it.
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Send your announcement, board report or AGM pack on WhatsApp. We confirm the price and delivery time, then return matching Arabic and English files ready to upload.