Shareholders of Ithmaar
Holding, a
Bahrain-based holding company that is licenced and regulated as a Category 1
Investment Firm by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and listed on the Bahrain
Bourse, Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Boursa Kuwait, approved today plans to
voluntarily delist the Company from Boursa Kuwait, while maintaining its
listing on the Bahrain Bourse and DFM.
The approval follows a General Meeting that was hosted in Bahrain and
chaired by Ithmaar Holding Non-Executive Board Member, Elham Hassan, who is
also Chairwoman of the Audit, Governance and Risk Management Committee of the
Board. The meeting was attended by Ithmaar Holding shareholders and members of
the Company’s Board of Directors and its Sharia Supervisory Board, as well as
representatives from the CBB, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism,
the Bahrain Bourse, and statutory auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ithmaar
Holding’s plans to voluntarily delist from Boursa Kuwait will have no effect
whatsoever on its subsidiary, Ithmaar Bank or any of its customers or
investors. Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, is a separate
legal entity from its parent company, Ithmaar Holding. The Bank is not listed
on any stock exchanges.
This step, which was announced earlier this month is subject to the
approval of relevant authorities in the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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