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Dubai Financial Market to list AMLAK tomorrow

  • United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 20 - 2004 at 10:29
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AMLAK Finance PJSC, the region's premier finance company has announced that it will list on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) tomorrow and that shares can begin to be traded immediately after listing.

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  • Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Hashimi, CEO, AMLAK Finance PJSC.
    Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Hashimi, CEO, AMLAK Finance PJSC.
AMLAK Finance PJSC has complied with all the stipulations of the relevant authorities and governing bodies for the listing and smoothly completed all the formalities with regards to its Initial Public Offering (IPO). It has also returned all the excess funds that were deposited by investors in an overwhelming response to its IPO in January 2004.

Confirming the listing announcement, Mohammed Ali Al Hashimi, CEO, AMLAK Finance PJSC, said: "We are happy that investors will be allowed to trade in AMLAK shares on the Dubai Financial Market. The speed with which we have concluded the entire process from the IPO announcement to the listing is a reflection of the drive that His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister has instilled in us. We would like to extend our thanks to the UAE Ministry of Economy and Commerce, the Emirates Stocks and Commodities Authority and the Dubai Financial Market for all the support they have extended to AMLAK. We have demonstrated our commitment to transparency and disclosure during the entire process and will continue to do so going forward."

Announcing the listing, Essa A Kazim, Director General of the Dubai Financial Market said: "We welcome AMLAK to the Dubai Financial Market and we hope that other institutions will follow their lead. Investors will be allowed to trade in AMLAK shares beginning tomorrow through any of the registered brokers in the DFM." Kazim also noted that AMLAK is the first public joint stock finance company at the DFM to offer Shari'a compliant products.
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About AMLAK
Established in October 2000, AMLAK Finance is the first consumer finance company in the region that brings the completely new concept of mortgages for homeowners to the Gulf. AMLAK is majority owned by EMAAR Properties that retains a 45 per cent stake in the company. Its growth strategy combined an Initial Public Offering in January 2004 that was oversubscribed 33 times, increasing its capital to AED750 million and its conversion into an Islamic financial institution that offers Shari'a compliant products. In 2003, AMLAK saw a profit increase of 300 per cent to reach AED14 million compared to AED3.5 million in 2002 and its loan book grew to AED1.5 billion with a total of AED550 million disbursed.

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Clare Woodcraft/ Nancy Zabaneh
ASDA'A Public Relations
Tel: 971-4-3344550, Fax: 971-4-3344556,

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