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Egyptian Exchange

  

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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 4,786.4601 217.5664 2,573.4220 116.9737
    9/2009 3,786.1141 199.2692 1,642.3239 86.4381
    10/2009 4,280.7300 214.0365 1,873.9772 93.6989
    11/2009 5,707.8717 285.3936 1,531.2212 76.5611
    12/2009 4,613.8603 200.6026 1,676.2473 72.8803
    1/2010 4,216.4545 221.9187 2,101.9173 110.6272
    2/2010 3,262.5530 163.1277 1,853.6820 92.6841
    3/2010 3,497.6984 152.0738 2,051.7129 89.2049
    4/2010 4,637.3831 257.6324 2,974.2036 165.2335
    5/2010 3,127.9405 148.9495 2,516.2117 119.8196
    6/2010 3,214.4285 146.1104 2,931.5824 133.2537
    7/2010 2,153.8291 102.5633 2,002.9760 95.3798
    TOTAL 47,285.3234 190.6666 25,729.4775 103.7479
      Bonds
    8/2009 1,007.2993 45.7863 5.4633 0.2483
    9/2009 455.2189 23.9589 2.5553 0.1345
    10/2009 553.3798 27.6690 2.8996 0.1450
    11/2009 446.6717 22.3336 2.4506 0.1225
    12/2009 600.8554 26.1241 3.1999 0.1391
    1/2010 591.0439 31.1076 3.1909 0.1679
    2/2010 899.7870 44.9893 4.8976 0.2449
    3/2010 820.8699 35.6900 4.8489 0.2108
    4/2010 576.4675 32.0260 3.6064 0.2004
    5/2010 808.5705 38.5034 4.7393 0.2257
    6/2010 1,113.0166 50.5917 6.8210 0.3100
    7/2010 1,074.1947 51.1521 6.2440 0.2973
    TOTAL 8,947.3752 36.0781 50.9167 0.2053
      Other
    8/2009 350.8449 15.9475 444.6512 20.2114
    9/2009 473.3413 24.9127 445.0767 23.4251
    10/2009 480.2384 24.0119 467.6777 23.3839
    11/2009 14,143.0866 707.1543 1,003.2290 50.1615
    12/2009 1,001.6133 43.5484 632.4214 27.4966
    1/2010 730.4803 38.4463 498.0441 26.2128
    2/2010 484.3479 24.2174 563.7652 28.1883
    3/2010 532.9306 23.1709 685.1573 29.7894
    4/2010 268.6662 14.9259 397.1994 22.0666
    5/2010 836.9086 39.8528 1,102.1741 52.4845
    6/2010 3,844.7863 174.7630 798.1823 36.2810
    7/2010 192.6750 9.1750 60.1218 2.8629
    TOTAL 23,339.9193 94.1126 7,097.7001 28.6198
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     5 Year Statistical Comparison
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      2006 2007 2008 2009 YTD 2010
    Number of Companies 595 196 202 306 214
    Market Capitalization (US$*) 93354.1199 139194.8488 85060.4602 91004.3279 74417.653
    Total Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 45251.1075 52913.4034 83355.4747 52739.0347 24110.2872
    Total Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 7744.8286 11353.7287 21917.3026 28462.005 16432.2859
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 185.4554 216.8582 341.6208 212.6574 167.4325
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 31.7411 46.5317 89.825 114.7661 114.1131
    Total Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 1926.5462 4227.6202 3670.4101 7304.2684 5883.95
    Total Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 12.3534 23.9525 20.9159 40.3466 34.3481
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 7.8957 17.3263 15.0427 29.4527 40.8608
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 0.0506 0.0982 0.0857 0.1627 0.2385
    Total Vol.-Other (US$*) 2760.9368 13723.1481 16126.5112 20916.7219 6890.7949
    Total Vol.-Other(# Shares*) 1325.8834 3715.7209 3619.9168 7985.8669 4104.6441
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (US$*) 11.3153 56.2424 66.0923 84.3416 47.8527
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (# Shares*) 5.4339 15.2284 14.8357 32.2011 28.5045
    Monthly Avg. Turnover Ratio 0.0404 0.0317 0.0817 0.0483 0.0463
    Index 6973 10549.74 4506.83 6092.17 6184.91
    Currency/US$ 5.72 5.5 5.52 5.51 5.68
     * in millions
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    Practices & Procedures
     Trading
    Days Sunday-Thursday
    Hours Over-the-counter, Deals Market 9:45 - 14.00
    Orders Market 12: 00- 13:00
    Listed Securities 10:30 - 14:30
    Pre-Opening Session 9:45-10:15
    Primary Dealers Bonds Market 10:30-14:30
    Market segmentation Stocks (liquid and non-liquid), Bonds
    System Automated, no depository link, data dissemination, remote login, WAN
    Mechanisms Order driven trading in the main market, Auction based trading in the pre-opening session
    Market-maker/ Specialists No
    Instruments Stocks/bonds/close ended mutual funds/ETFs and EDR's
    Currency Egyptian Pound and US$
    Real time information Best bid/ask, last price, last volume, total volume, order book, counter-parties, listed company announcements
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     Clearing & Settlement
    Central Depository Central
    Period T+2 (for allliste d companies)
    T+1 (for govenment bonds traded by primary dealers)
    T+0 (for Intra-day traded companies)
    Registered Yes
    Settlement Book entry
    Clearing Netting
    DVP Full DVP
    Clearing Institution Separate entity MCSD, only 5% owned by EGX
    Risk Sharing Yes
    Margin/Lending Yes
    Custodians Banks, clearing members
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     Taxes
    Cash Dividends None
    Interest Income None
    Capital Gains None
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     Structure & Regulations
    Legal Special status within the law
    Regulation Not self-regulated
    Securities market regulations Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA)
    Trading rules Shared regulatory responsibility
    Surveillance Yes
    Corporate actions Yes
    Trading halts regulations Yes
    Investor protection Yes
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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
      Official Schedule 1 Official Schedule 2 Unofficial Schedule 1 Unofficial Schedule 2
    Minimum Paid-In Capital N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Years of Business Activity 3 3 1 1
    Capitalization of Issue L.E. 20 million L. E. 20 million L.E. 10 million L.E. 5 million
    Free Float Minimum number of shares issued is 2 million N/A Minimum number of issued shares is 1 million Minimum number of shares issued is 500 thousand
    Free Float Ratio 30% Minimum number of shares issued is 2 million 10% N/A
    Minimum # of Shareholders 150 N/A 50 N/A
    Minimum Years of Positive Financial Results 5% minimum gross profit before taxes as a percentage of paid up capital. Total shareholders equity should exceed paid up equity for the past one years. 5% minimum gross profit before taxes as a percentage of paid up capital. Shareholders equity should exceed paid up equity for the past one years. 5% minimum gross profit before taxes as a percentage of paid up capital. Shareholders equity should exceed paid oup equity for the past one year. 1% minimum gross profit before taxes as a percent of paid up capital. Shareholders equtiy should exceed paid up equity for the past one year.
    # Prior Years Audited Financial Accounts 3 years 3 years At least 1 At least 1
    # Times Dividends Distributed in Last 3 Years N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Whole Class of Securities to be Issued Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Listing Agreement with Central Depository Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Prospectus No No No No
    Special Requirements 1. Must abide by the CASE information disclosure rules.
    2. Auditing and financial statements must be in accordance with the Egyptian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (EGAAP).
    1. Must abide by the CASE information disclosure rules.
    2. Auditing and financial statements must be in accordance with the Egyptian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (EGAAP).
    1. Must abide by the CASE information disclosure rules.
    2. Auditing and financial statements must be in accordance with the Egyptian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (EGAAP).
    1. Must abide by the CASE information disclosure rules.
    2. Auditing and financial statements must be in accordance with the Egyptian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (EGAAP).
    Additional Special Requirements N/A For securities issued by the government and/or public sector companies. N/A N/A
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  •  Contact Information
    Director Dr. Khaled Serry Syam, Chairman
    Address 4A, El Sherefeen St. Cairo EGYPT
    Telephone (202) 23955266, (202) 23955477
    Fax (202) 23955799
    Contact Person Ms. Heba El Serafie
    hserafie@egyptse.com
    Website http://www.egx.com.eg
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     Calendar of Holidays
    2010 Public Holidays for Egypt
    No data available
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     Market Capitalization & Index
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      Market Capitalization US$ Millions Index
    8/2009 96,632.8534 6,596.6100
    9/2009 102,299.4287 6,633.8200
    10/2009 100,200.7977 6,838.3300
    11/2009 89,081.5892 5,761.9600
    12/2009 91,004.3279 6,092.1700
    1/2010 83,942.6709 6,638.1600
    2/2010 83,288.0918 6,514.3500
    3/2010 83,907.7112 6,683.1300
    4/2010 87,218.6837 7,312.1400
    5/2010 75,914.1909 6,384.2000
    6/2010 72,208.4136 5,907.7200
    7/2010 74,417.6530 6,184.9100
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     Related Links
    Websites and pages of interest, related to Egyptian Exchange. (Links will open in a separate window.)

    Central Bank of Egypt

    Economic Research Forum

    Egypt For Information Dissemination (EGID)

    Egyptian Center for Economic Studies

    Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIOD)

    General Authority for Investment & Free Zones

    IDSC

    Ministry of Foreign Trade

    Ministry of Investment

    Misr Clearing, Settlement and Central Depository
    Affiliate Member

    The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority

    The World Economic Forum

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