PRESS RELEASE

CBB Sukuk Al-Ijara over subscribed

Manama, Bahrain -18 June 2013 - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been subscribed by 135%.Subscriptions worth BD27 million were received for the BD20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.The expected return on the issue, which begins on 20 June 2013 and matures on 19 December 2013, is 0.80%

Press Release

June 19, 2013

Manama, Bahrain -18 June 2013 - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been subscribed by 135%.

Subscriptions worth BD27 million were received for the BD20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.

The expected return on the issue, which begins on 20 June 2013 and matures on 19 December 2013, is 0.80% compared to 0.85% for the previous issue on 16th May 2013.

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

This is issue No.94 (BH0004388N24) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.