Manama, Bahrain - 19 April 2011 - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been oversubscribed by 400%.

Subscriptions worth BD40 million were received for the BD10 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.

The expected return on the issue, which begins on 21 April 2011 and matures on 20 October 2011, is 1.35%.

The Sukuk Al-Ijara are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

This is issue No.68 (BH0005G55448) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.

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