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Amman Stock Exchange

  

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  •   Amman SE Future Outlook
  •   Signing an MOU between ASE and BVB
  •   10th anniversary of the Amman Stock Exchanges establishment
  •    Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) has launched the new version of the electronic trading system NSC V900
  •   Future Outlook

     Official 12 Month Statistics
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      US$ Millions # Shares Millions
    Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume
      Stocks
    9/2009 1,028.0030 57.1113 575.1678 31.9538
    10/2009 1,054.9233 50.2344 485.2394 23.1066
    11/2009 668.8398 35.2021 360.6923 18.9838
    12/2009 923.9078 41.9958 530.4243 24.1102
    1/2010 834.5121 39.7387 464.9830 22.1420
    2/2010 695.2647 34.7632 415.5286 20.7764
    3/2010 1,310.9766 56.9990 963.0639 41.8723
    4/2010 1,595.5253 75.9774 1,279.0955 60.9093
    5/2010 826.9501 39.3786 633.5905 30.1710
    6/2010 694.8848 31.5857 489.5854 22.2539
    7/2010 610.1366 29.0541 515.9710 24.5700
    8/2010 629.1974 27.3564 452.6771 19.6816
    TOTAL 10,873.1215 43.1473 7,166.0188 28.4366
      Bonds
    9/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    10/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    11/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    12/2009 0.8674 0.0394 0.0001 0.0000
    1/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    2/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    3/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    4/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    5/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    6/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    7/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    8/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    TOTAL 0.8674 0.0037 0.0001 0.0000
      Other
    9/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    10/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    11/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    12/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    1/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    2/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    3/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    4/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    5/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    6/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    7/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    8/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    TOTAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
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     5 Year Statistical Comparison
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      2006 2007 2008 2009 YTD 2010
    Number of Companies 227 245 262 272 275
    Market Capitalization (US$*) 29729.5 41204.7988 35833.9492 31835.0982 28369.9365
    Total Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 20042.1 17416.2227 28657.2843 13632.314 7197.4476
    Total Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 4104.3 4479.3606 5442.279 6022.4713 5214.495
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 82.8 70.511 116.9685 54.7482 41.8456
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 17 18.1351 22.2134 24.1866 30.3168
    Total Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 2.6347 5.3632 0.942 3.5681 0
    Total Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 2.6 0.0016 0.0004 0.0008 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 0 0.0327 0.0042 0.0143 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 0.01 0 0 0 0
    Total Vol.-Other (US$*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Total Vol.-Other(# Shares*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (US$*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (# Shares*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Monthly Avg. Turnover Ratio 0.0562 0.0352 0.0666 0.0357 0.0317
    Index 3013.657 3674.961 2758.44 2533.5 2249
    Currency/US$ 0.709 0.709 0.709 0.709 0.709
     * in millions
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    Practices & Procedures
     Trading
    Days Sunday-Thursday
    Hours Pre-opening session for bonds, mutual funds 9:30-9:35, Opening Session for bonds, mutual funds 9:35,Trading session for bonds, mutual funds 9:35-9:55, Pre-opening session for first, second and right issues 9:30-10:00, Opening session for first, second an right issues 10:00, Trading session for first, second and right issues 10:00-12:00
    Block trades for all markets 12:00-12:15
    Market segmentation First, second, bonds, mutual funds, off floor transactions, foreign securities allowed
    System Automated, remote access, intranet, depository links, WAN
    Mechanisms Continuous auction
    Market-maker/ Specialists No
    Instruments Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, right issues
    Currency Local and Foreign Currencies
    Real time information Best bid/ask, last price, last volume, total volume, price index, order book
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     Clearing & Settlement
    Central Depository Yes, electronic
    Period T+2
    Registered Yes
    Settlement Book entry
    Clearing Bilateral Netting
    DVP Yes
    Clearing Institution Securities Depository Center
    Risk Sharing No
    Margin/Lending Yes/No (there is margin but lending is not allowed yet)
    Custodians Banks
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     Taxes
    Cash Dividends Tax exempted
    Interest Income Assessed for all investors as income
    Capital Gains Tax exempted
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     Structure & Regulations
    Legal Special status
    Regulation Self
    Securities market regulations Exchange with regulator approval
    Trading rules Responsibility of exchange
    Surveillance Yes, electronic
    Corporate actions Managed by issuer
    Trading halts regulations Yes, if necessary
    Investor protection Investor protection guarantee fund
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     Foreign Participation
    Foreign investors Allowed, No restrictions
    Investment limitations No limitations
    Repatriation No restrictions
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     Minimum Listing Requirements
      First Market Second Market
    Minimum Paid-In Capital N/A N/A
    Years of Business Activity At least 2 years N/A
    Capitalization of Issue N/A N/A
    Free Float Yes N/A
    Free Float Ratio 5% if capital is JD50 million 10% if capital is less than JD50 million N/A
    Minimum # of Shareholders 100 N/A
    Minimum Years of Positive Financial Results 2 years during the last 3 years N/A
    # Prior Years Audited Financial Accounts N/A N/A
    # Times Dividends Distributed in Last 3 Years N/A N/A
    Whole Class of Securities to be Issued N/A N/A
    Listing Agreement with Central Depository N/A N/A
    Prospectus Yes Yes
    Special Requirements Shareholders equity not less than 100% of the paid in capital N/A
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     Contact Information
    Director Mr. Jalil TARIF, Chief Executive Officer
    jtarif@ase.com.jo
    Address P.O.Box 212466 Amman 11121 JORDAN
    Telephone (962) 6 566 4109
    Fax (962) 6 566 4071
    Email info@ase.com.jo
    Contact Person Ms. Sundos Jamayed
    sjamayed@ase.com.jo
    (962) 6 566 6296
    Website http://www.exchange.jo
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     Calendar of Holidays
    2010 Public Holidays for Jordan
    January
    1
    February
    25
    May
    1 25
    September
    9 10 11 12
    November
    16 17 18 19 20
    December
    7 25
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     Market Capitalization & Index
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      Market Capitalization US$ Millions Index
    9/2009 34,065.4617 2,688.2000
    10/2009 32,825.4326 2,615.8921
    11/2009 32,477.7046 2,583.4901
    12/2009 31,835.0982 2,533.5000
    1/2010 31,300.0622 2,525.1000
    2/2010 30,567.8708 2,470.8800
    3/2010 30,628.6196 2,517.7200
    4/2010 31,274.5975 2,575.4700
    5/2010 29,508.7684 2,401.6000
    6/2010 29,319.3697 2,348.5600
    7/2010 29,006.9505 2,334.7700
    8/2010 28,369.9365 2,249.0000
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    Volume (US$ Millions)


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     Related Links
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    Securities Depository Center of Jordan
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