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Palestine Securities Exchange PSE achieves a loss of $0.07 million in Q1 2012

2012-04-30

The Palestine Exchange (PEX) received the reviewed interim condensed financial statements from Palestine Securities Exchange Company (PSE). PEX disclosure rules give all PEX listed companies one month to report their first quarter interim financial statements as reviewed by the company’s internal auditor. In addition to this press release, this disclosure was published on the PEX website (www.pex.ps) and emailed to PEX member securities firms.

The disclosed information includes: the independent external auditor’s review report, the Statement of Financial Position, the Income Statement, the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity Ownership, the Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the interim financial statements ( 5 note). The company also provided its interim financial statements via the approved electronic form of disclosure applicable to the Banking & Financial Services Sector. The interim report should also include information required by Article (37/2) of the PEX disclosure rules in place. The company included information regarding management, issued shares, material changes and significant events that may have affected financial performances during the first three months of the year.

According to company data for the first three months of the year, net loss reached (68,872) USD, compared with a net loss of (117,848) USD from the first three months of 2011, a net decrease in loss of 41.6%. Total assets of the company reached 13,149,297 USD as of March 31^st, 2012, compared to total assets of 12,658,010 USD as of December 31^st, 2011, a net increase of 3.9%. Total liabilities of the company reached 2,060,122 USD as of March 31^st, 2012, compared to total liabilities of 1,526,332 USD as of December 31^st, 2011, a net increase of 35.0%. Net ownership equity of the company reached 11,089,175 USD as of March 31^st, 2012, compared with a net ownership equity of 11,131,678 USD as of December 31^st, 2011, a net decrease of 0.4% in the first three months.

Within the Conclusion in the Independent Auditors’ Review Report (Ernst & Young), the following was opinion was conveyed: Based on our limited review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the interim condensed accompanying financial statements are not, in all material aspects, presented in accordance with International Accounting Standard No. 34". The Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) was listed on April 4^th, 2012.