Investor Relations Statement
Interim Consolidated Financial Figures Quarter 3, 2009 
10 November 2009

Please be informed that the board of directors have met on Tuesday the 10th of November and approved the financial results for period ending 30/9/2009 according to the following:

 

  1. Current Period:

 

 

3 months

From 1/7/2009

To 30/9/2009

9 months

From 1/1/2009

To 30/9/2009

Net Profit (Loss) (Kd)

40,556,000

115,551,000

Earning per Share (fils)

40.33

115.33

Total Current Assets

837,496,000

837,496,000

Total Assets

1,774,187,000

1,774,187,000

Total Current Liabilities

580,822,000

580,822,000

Total Liabilities

857,243,000

857,243,000

Total Shareholders Equity

916,944,000

916,944,000

 

-          Total Revenue from related parties reached 0 (zero) Kuwaiti Dinar

-          Total Expenses with related parties reached 13,588,000 Kuwaiti Dinar

 

  1. Compared Period:

 

 

3 months

From 1/7/2008

To 30/9/2008

9 months

From 1/1/2008

To 30/9/2008

Net Profit (Loss) (Kd)

35,146,000

107,807,000

Earning per Share (fils)

33.97

104.77

Total Current Assets

754,490,000

754,490,000

Total Assets

1,624,413,000

1,624,413,000

Total Current Liabilities

532,351,000

532,351,000

Total Liabilities

866,249,000

866,249,000

Total Shareholders Equity

758,164,000

758,164,000

 

3.  Details of the Qualification and Emphasis of Matter expressed in the auditors report

 

Basis of Qualified Opinion

 

As further discussed in note 10(e) to the interim condensed consolidated financial information, during the year ended 31 December 2006, a performance guarantee amounting to KD 10.1 million was called by a counterparty in relation to non performance of obligations under a contract operated by a subsidiary of the Group and encashed during the year ended 31 December 2007. The amount was not expensed in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2006, which in our opinion, is not in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. We qualified our opinion in this regard on the consolidated financial statements for the years ended 31 December 2006, 2007 and 2008. Subsequent to 31 December 2008, the expert department of the Ministry of Justice issued a report on this matter which was in favour of the subsidiary in respect of most of the issues arising from the case. Pending final court ruling on this matter, in our opinion, other current assets should be decreased by KD 10.1 million and retained earnings attributable to the equity holders of the Parent Company should be decreased by KD 6.1 million and non-controlling interests should be decreased by KD 4.0 million.

 

Qualified Conclusion

 

Except for the effect of the matter described in the preceding paragraph, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial information is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with IAS 34.

 

Emphasis of matter

 

Without further qualifying our conclusion, we draw attention to the commitments and contingencies explained in note 10 (a), (b) and (c) to the interim condensed consolidated financial information.