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Bank of Palestine Reports a pretax income of $41.87 million in the year of 2011

2012-02-19

The Palestine Exchange (PEX) received consolidated unaudited year-end preliminary financial statements from Bank of Palestine ( BOP). The PEX disclosure rules in place give all of PEX listed companies a period of 45 days to report their preliminary annual financial statements reviewed by the company’s internal auditor. This disclosure was published on the PEX website (www.pex.ps) and emailed to PEX member securities firms in addition to this press release.

The disclosed information includes:           

1) A copy of the year-end preliminary financial statements signed by the Deputy General Manager and CFO of the company. The disclosed information includes: The Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity Ownership, the Statement of Cash Flows, and notes to the interim financial statements ( 6 notes).

2) The company attached with the disclosure “the summary of year-end preliminary financial statements” form for PEX, and it include: basic information about the company, the date for the convening of the annual ordinary General Assembly meeting, the date of publication of the annual report, the distribution plan for the annual report, in addition to a summary of preliminary results for the year 2011 compared with the audited results of 2010.

3) The company also provided its interim financial statements via the approved electronic form of disclosure applicable to the Banking & Financial Services Sector.

4) A copy of this disclosure was sent to the Palestinian Capital Market Authority (PCMA) simultaneously.

According to company data for year-end preliminary financial statements for year 2011, net profit before taxes reached 41,868,275 USD, compared with a net profit before taxes of 37,732,105 USD in the audited data for 2010, a net increase of 11.0%. Total assets of the company reached 1,653,960,732 USD as of December 31st, 2011, compared to total assets of 1,545,038,022 USD as of December 31^st, 2010, a net increase of 7.0%. Total liabilities of the company reached 1,459,560,970 USD as of December 31st, 2011, compared to total liabilities of 1,381,153,772 USD as of December 31^st, 2010, a net increase of 5.7%. Net ownership equity of the company reached 194,399,762 USD (including 572,259 USD in Minority Rights) as of December 31st, 2011, compared with a net ownership equity of 163,884,250 USD (including 574,339 USD in Minority Rights) as of December 31^st, 2010, a net increase of 18.6%. Furthermore, paid-in capital increased from 100,000,000 USD on December 31^st, 2010 to 120,000,000 USD by December 31st, 2011, an increase of 20.0%.