PRESS RELEASE

CBB Sukuk Al-Ijara Oversubscribed

Manama, Bahrain -17thApril 2012The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been oversubscribed by 195%.Subscriptions worth BD39 million were received for the BD20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.The expected return on the issue, which begins on 19thApril 2012 and matures on 18thOctober 2012

Press Release

April 17, 2012

Manama, Bahrain -17^th April 2012

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 195%.

Subscriptions worth BD39 million were received for the BD20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.

The expected return on the issue, which begins on 19^thApril 2012 and matures on 18^th October 2012, is 1.34%.

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

This is issue No.80 (BH0009155597) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.