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Tuesday, November 24 - 2009

KIPCO wins 'Deal of the Year' award for sale of Wataniya Telecom

KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company - has won the 'Deal of the Year 2008 - Kuwait' award for the sale of its holdings in Wataniya Telecom.

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  • Mr Pinak Maitra, KIPCO's Group Chief Financial Officer (right of picture), Mr Stephen Timewell, Editor in Chief The Banker Magazine (center of picture), and Mr David Law, Chairman of Investment Banking, MENA Region, Morgan Stanley (left of picture) are presented with the award for 'Kuwait Deal of the Year 2008'.
    Mr Pinak Maitra, KIPCO's Group Chief Financial Officer (right of picture), Mr Stephen Timewell, Editor in Chief The Banker Magazine (center of picture), and Mr David Law, Chairman of Investment Banking, MENA Region, Morgan Stanley (left of picture) are presented with the award for 'Kuwait Deal of the Year 2008'.
The award ceremony - made by the leading British financial services magazine 'The Banker' - took place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Bahrain.

The award was in recognition of KIPCO's sale of Wataniya in March last year which is the largest private sector sale in the history of Kuwait, the biggest cross-border deal within the GCC and a record valuation in the telecoms industry.

In making their decision, the competition judges assessed over 700 applications.

Each deal was judged upon its complexity, the speed of execution and pricing performance.

Accepting the award on behalf of KIPCO, Mr Pinak Maitra, KIPCO's Group Chief Financial Officer, said:

"I am delighted to accept this award which recognizes KIPCO's sale of Wataniya Telecom. The deal was a tremendous achievement by our company and delivered an extraordinary level of return for our shareholders. We look forward to accepting many other awards like this in future as KIPCO continues to build businesses and create shareholder value".
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Further information:

Ahmad Al Ajeel
Vice President, Marketing/ R&D/ PR
+965 244 0853

Robert Hipkins
Group Communications Director
+965 635 6969

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