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  •   KARACHI SE FUTURE OUTLOOK 2010
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     Official 12 Month Statistics
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      US$ Millions # Shares Millions
    Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume
      Stocks
    8/2009 2,090.5884 104.5294 3,233.2500 161.6625
    9/2009 3,135.9929 165.0523 5,133.0750 270.1618
    10/2009 2,922.8898 132.8586 4,959.2000 225.4182
    11/2009 1,502.6032 83.4780 2,449.3900 136.0772
    12/2009 1,354.5821 64.5039 2,753.1100 131.1005
    1/2010 1,984.3742 99.2187 4,038.0100 201.9005
    2/2010 1,235.2639 65.0139 3,382.6100 178.0321
    3/2010 1,714.1034 77.9138 3,861.4900 175.5223
    4/2010 1,757.2106 79.8732 4,814.3000 218.8318
    5/2010 949.1074 45.1956 2,365.1300 112.6252
    6/2010 982.8383 44.6745 3,103.0500 141.0477
    7/2010 791.1562 35.9616 1,741.5900 79.1632
    TOTAL 20,420.7104 82.3416 41,834.2050 168.6863
      Bonds
    8/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    9/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    10/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    11/2009 3.2821 0.1823 0.0652 0.0036
    12/2009 1.1052 0.0526 0.0200 0.0010
    1/2010 1.0717 0.0536 0.0186 0.0009
    2/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    3/2010 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000
    4/2010 0.5732 0.0261 0.0100 0.0005
    5/2010 1.1133 0.0530 0.0180 0.0009
    6/2010 0.0479 0.0022 0.0008 0.0000
    7/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    TOTAL 7.1948 0.0290 0.1327 0.0005
      Other
    8/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    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
    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 652 654 653 651 652
    Market Capitalization (US$*) 45502.692 70006.6255 23617.521 32098.2186 34389.2525
    Total Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 145801.5948 137904.1932 74421.0179 22585.974 9414.054
    Total Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 70103.56 77977.126 41658.115 44713.915 23306.18
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 604.9859 565.1811 300.0847 91.8129 63.6085
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 290.8861 319.5784 167.9763 181.7639 157.4742
    Total Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 0.0054 2.7558 0.0017 4.3874 2.8074
    Total Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 0.0001 0.0336 0 0.0852 0.0474
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 0 0.0113 0 0.0178 0.019
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 0 0.0001 0 0.0003 0.0003
    Total Vol.-Other (US$*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Total Vol.-Other(# Shares*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (US$*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (# Shares*) 0 0 0 0 0
    Monthly Avg. Turnover Ratio 0.267 0.1642 0.2626 0.0586 0.0391
    Index 10040.5 14075.83 5865.01 9386.62 10519.02
    Currency/US$ 60.9 61.85 78.7 84.3 85.75
     * in millions
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    Practices & Procedures
     Trading
    Days Monday-Friday
    Hours Monday - Thursday: 09:45 - 14:15
    Friday: 09:30-12:00 / 14:30 - 16:00
    Market segmentation 4 market segments
    System Automated, depository link, data dissemination, reporting facilities, WAN
    Mechanisms Bid offer matching
    Market-maker/ Specialists No
    Instruments Ordinary shares, Modaraba Certificates, Preference Shares, TFCs, Government Bonds / Securities
    Currency Local
    Real time information Best bid/ask, last price, last volume, total volume, listed company announcement
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     Clearing & Settlement
    Central Depository Yes
    Period T+1, T+2 and Future Contracts
    Registered Yes
    Settlement Book entry and Physical
    Clearing Netting
    DVP Yes, full DVP
    Clearing Institution Yes, wholly owned, National Clearing & Settlement System
    operating since Dec 2001.
    Risk Sharing Yes
    Margin/Lending Yes/No
    Custodians Institutional investors, brokerage houses, banks, exchange members, associate members of the Clearing House
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     Taxes
    Cash Dividends 10%
    Interest Income 10%
    Capital Gains Exempted until 2008
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     Structure & Regulations
    Legal Company limited by Guarantee, without share capital
    Regulation Self
    Securities market regulations Securities & Exchange Ordinance 1969 and Rules framed thereunder Companies ordinance 1984
    Trading rules Each trading segment has its own trading rules
    Surveillance Yes
    Corporate actions Centralized
    Trading halts regulations Yes
    Investor protection Yes
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     Foreign Participation
    Foreign investors Alllowed, No restrictions
    Investment limitations No limitations on the extent of foreign ownership stake in life insurance companies.
    However, as per WTO, SBP permission required in case of transfering 5% or more shares of bank or financial institution. There is no limit for holding shares for trading purposes.
    Repatriation N/A
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     Minimum Listing Requirements
      Market
    Minimum Paid-In Capital Minimum paid up capital of Rs.200 million for a company seeking listing
    Years of Business Activity No requirement for issuance of shares at par
    Capitalization of Issue At least Rs. 50 million (appx. US$855,000)
    Free Float N/A
    Free Float Ratio 50% of its capital is under Rs 200 million, greater than 25% or Rs 100 million, whichever is higher, if the capital is above Rs 200 million
    Minimum # of Shareholders 500
    Minimum Years of Positive Financial Results N/A
    # Prior Years Audited Financial Accounts N/A
    # Times Dividends Distributed in Last 3 Years N/A
    Whole Class of Securities to be Issued N/A
    Listing Agreement with Central Depository Yes
    Prospectus Yes
    Special Requirements Yes
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     Contact Information
    Director Mr Adnan Afridi
    md@kse.com.pk
    Address K. S. E. Building, Stock Exchange Rd. OffI. I. Chundrigar Road Karachi 74000 PAKISTAN
    Telephone (92) 21-2441499
    Fax (92) 21-2410825
    Contact Person Mr. Haroon Askari
    ha@kse.com.pk
    (92) 21-111-001-122
    (92) 21-241 0825
    Website http://www.kse.com.pk
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     Calendar of Holidays
    2010 Public Holidays for Pakistan
    No data available
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     Market Capitalization & Index
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      Market Capitalization US$ Millions Index
    8/2009 30,565.2930 8,675.6700
    9/2009 32,719.7765 9,349.6800
    10/2009 31,747.8594 9,159.1800
    11/2009 31,816.8051 9,206.2100
    12/2009 32,098.2186 9,386.6200
    1/2010 32,632.4210 9,614.1900
    2/2010 32,590.7301 9,657.7900
    3/2010 34,323.2787 10,178.4300
    4/2010 35,050.0146 10,428.1200
    5/2010 31,010.9546 9,326.4200
    6/2010 31,920.2525 9,721.9100
    7/2010 34,389.2525 10,519.0200
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