Based on the Extraordinary General Assembly resolutions of Bank of Beirut S.A.L. held on November 13, 2008, related to the redemption of Class “B” preferred shares and to the increase of the Bank’s Capital, and based on the approval of the above resolutions by the Council of the Central Bank of Lebanon, the BSE decided to:

1-       Consider Tuesday 30/12/2008 as the last trading day with Bank of Beirut S.A.L. Preferred Shares (B).

2-       Stop trading with the mentioned shares through the BSE by the end of the trading session of 30/12/2008.

3-       Cancel the mentioned share (Bank of Beirut Preferred B) from the list of listed securities on the BSE starting the mentioned date and continue trading with the other shares of Bank of Beirut.

In synchronization with what is adopted in the banking sector in Lebanon, Tuesday 30/12/2007 will be considered as the last trading day in the BSE during the year 2008, whereas no trading operations will be executed on Wednesday 31/12/2008.

The BSE decided to accept as of December 23, 2008 the listing and trading of 12 issues of Lebanese Republic Eurobonds and that in the official market of the stock exchange.

For more information about the details of these issues, please refer to the Laws & regulations folder- Circulars section.

Following the expiry date of Beirut Lira Fund, the BSE decided to stop trading in the shares of the mentioned fund by the end of the trading session of Monday December 22, 2008.

The common shareholders of Byblos Bank S.A.L. are invited to attend the Extraordinary General Assembly that will be held in the Bank’s Head Office, in Achrafieh, Elias Sarkis Avenue, at 12:00 noon on Monday December 1, 2008, to discuss the following agenda:

1-       Approve the purchase of the assets, equities, liabilities and obligations of the Lebanese branch of Unicredit Banca Di Roma SpA, according to the regulations of Article 10 of Law # 192/1993.

2-       Divers matters.

The first nine months of this year were characterized by BLOM Bank’s strong and sustained growth and unanimous recognition by all international financial institutions as the best bank in Lebanon for 2008.

January-September 2008 compared to the same period in 2007

Profits:

- Net Profits for the first nine months went up by 34% to US198 Million  compared to the same period last year.

-  Annualized Return on Average Equity (ROAE) attained 19% in comparison to 15% in 2007.   

-  Annualized Earnings per share recorded $11.24, up 43% from $7.87 in 2007.

Deposits:

Total Customers Deposits increased to US$15 Billion, up 14% from 30/09/2007.

Total Assets:

Total Assets grew to US$17.8Billion, increasing 12% from 30/09/2007.

Capitalization:

 Shareholders’ equity reached US$1.43 Billion, increasing 8% from 30/09/2007 in spite of BLOM exercising in June 2008 its right to call its Preferred shares class 2002 in the amount of US$75

Million.

Liquidity:

BLOM Bank enjoys High Net Liquidity reaching 78% of deposits.

BLOM Bank Group is present in Lebanon, Syria, UK, Switzerland, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Romania, Cyprus, Qatar (Under Establishment), Saudi Arabia (Under Establishment).

The Beirut Stock Exchange reminds all Lebanese Joint Stock Companies – SAL – (including holding and off-shore companies) with capital above five hundred thousand Lebanese pounds by virtue of article 3 of the legislative decree No. 120/83 and by virtue of article 197 of the by-laws of the Beirut Stock Exchange, implemented by decree No. 7667 dated 16/12/1995, which consider these companies members in the Stock Exchange. Consequently, every member is incumbent to an annual membership fee equivalent to USD /100/ (One hundred USD) in Lebanese Pounds.

The Beirut Stock Exchange requests all members to settle their annual fee for the year 2008 and any other overdue fees before 31/12/2008.  Every member who fails to pay the due annual fees shall pay a fine equivalent to five fold the membership fee, as per article 198 of the by-laws.  Members abiding by the content of this circular within the time limit specified above will be exempted from the default fine.  Payment should be done by submitting a check to the order of Beirut Stock Exchange either:

1.        At the head office of the Beirut Stock Exchange-Azarieh Street, Azarieh Bldg. Block A-3 4^th floor – during the official office hours.

2.        Or by calling the BSE administration at phone No. 01-993555, before 15/12/2008 to send one of its representatives to collect the check, against an official receipt.

Bank of Beirut S.A.L. announces to the owners of Preferred shares (Class B) that the Board of Directors decided in its meeting held on 28/10/2008 to repurchase, prior to maturity, all the Preferred shares (Class B), and that according to Article B-3 of Part 4 of the first decision taken by the Extraordinary General Assembly of the shareholders of Bank Beirut S.A.L. held on 12/11/2003.

Bank Audi sal – Audi Saradar Group and EFG-Hermes Holding Company sae jointly announce that, in light of current financial market conditions, they have discontinued their discussions regarding a possible combination of the two institutions.

The parties confirm that they will continue their collaboration on a number of projects and activities which add value to their respective customers and shareholders base.

Bank Audi sal – Audi Saradar Group               EFG- Hermes Holding Co, sae

Beirut                                                                     Cairo

The shareholders of Bank of Beirut S.A.L. are invited to attend an Ordinary General Assembly meeting in the Head Office, Foch St, Downtown Beirut on Thursday November 13, 2008 at 4 p.m. to study and state the following agenda:

1-       Distribute a prepayment on the profits of the fiscal year 2008 specified to pay the due fixed profits for the owners of Preferred shares (category B) till the premature purchasing date.

The shareholders of Bank of Beirut S.A.L. are invited to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly meeting in the Head Office, Foch St, Downtown Beirut on Thursday November 13, 2008 at 3 p.m. to study and state the following agenda:

1-       Amend the decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Assembly held on 12/11/2003 and that by stating the repurchase and early cancellation of all preferred shares (category B) issued by Bank of Beirut S.A.L., and increase the capital of the bank by transferring amounts from the Free Reserve to the Capital.

2-       Amend some of the articles of the By-Laws according to the repurchase, cancellation and Capital increase mentioned above.

3-       Increase Bank of Beirut’s Capital by issuing new Preferred shares (Category H), of Perpetual type, Non-cumulative returns, and define the rest of the conditions of these shares.

4-       Increase the number of common shares actually listed to be traded in the financial markets.

5-       Amend some articles of the By-Laws of the company according to the Capital increase and to the increase in the number of listed shares to be traded, as mentioned.

6-       Diver matters

Bank Byblos S.A.L. invites the holders of preferred shares issued on 29 August 2008 to attend the meeting of the Constitutional General Assembly that will be held at 12:00 noon on Monday November 10, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office in Byblos Bank Tower, Achrafieh, Elias Sarkis Avenue, to discuss the following agenda:

1-       Draft the By-Laws of the assembly of holders of preferred shares issued on 29 August 2008.

2-       Nominate a representative or more of the assembly

3-       Divers matters.

Net income for the 1^st nine months of 2008 increased by 30.5% to reach US$ 79.1 million at the end of September 2008 compared to US$ 60.6 million at the end of September 2007. Total assets increased by 14.5% during the 1^st nine months of 2008 to reach US$ 10.86 billion at the end of September 2008 and customer deposits increased by 10.9% to reach US$ 8 billion at the end of September 2008.

Loans to deposits stood at 34% and liquidity with banks (including the Central Bank of Lebanon) represented 57% of customer deposits at the end of September 2008, both ratios indicate the high liquidity of the bank.

Total capital (tier one and tier two capital) increased by 22% during the 1^st nine months of 2008 to reach US$ 1.2 billion at the end of September 2008 and represented 11% of total assets.

The BSE decided to list an additional /520,000/ shares category (B) issued by Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. in the official market of the BSE. These shares will be added to the previously listed shares category (B) of the company. Thus the total number of listed shares of Rasamny Younis Motor Company in the official market becomes /10,920,000/ shares category (B) what equals to 40% of the company’s shares.

The trading with the additional mentioned shares will start on Thursday 23/10/2008.

The BSE decided to cancel temporarily the threshold for Banque Libanaise pour le Commerce, Ciments Blancs Nominal , Uniceramic Nominal and Uniceramic Bearer shares until new prices, based on actual trading transactions, are defined for the mentioned shares.

The threshold system stipulated in circular 171/2003 will be re-applied once a new price is defined for the shares.

This circular becomes effective starting 23/10/2008.

The BSE decided to accept, as of October 15, 2008, the listing, trading and pricing of all the /2,000,000/ preferred shares class 2008 issued by Byblos Bank S.A.L. in the official market of the stock exchange.

The details of the new listing are as follow:

-          Value of the initial subscription per preferred share: USD /100/.

-          Par value per preferred share: LBP /1,200/.

-          Annual dividend per preferred share: USD /8.00/ yearly (USD 3.35 for the year 2008).

The Beirut Stock Exchange decided, as per article 103 of the by-laws, to transfer Uniceramic Bearer Shares and Uniceramic nominal shares from the Official market to the Junior market of the Stock Exchange. This is due to the fact that both shares were non-operational for more than one year.

This circular becomes effective upon publication.

The Ordinary General Assembly that was held on 03/10/2008 decided to:

1-       Approve the resignation of Dr. Chadi Karam from the Board of Directors and from his position and tasks as vice-chairman – General Manager of the bank.

The Board of Directors of the BLC Bank S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend an Ordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held at 9:00 am on Friday 03/10/2008.

The BSE decided to accept the listing, trading and pricing of additional /1,287,080/ common shares issued by Bank Audi S.A.L. – Audi Saradar group- and that in the official market of the BSE. These shares will be added to the common shares listed previously in the BSE and amounting to /32,902,309/ common shares, thus the total number of common shares (34,189,389) of the bank is now listed in the mentioned market.

Based on the Extraordinary General Assembly resolution of Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. that was held on 03/06/2008, concerning the distribution of free shares to the shareholders on the basis of one new share for every 20 old shares.

The company announces that the shareholders that can benefit are those from the 3 categories “A”, “B” & “C” whose names were listed in the shareholders records on 03/06/2008.

The Ordinary General Assembly that was held on July 7^th, 2008 decided to:

Approve all the accounts of the company and the accounts of the Balance Sheet as at 31/12/2007 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Income Statement and the Consolidated Income Statement and Inventory for the mentioned year.

Taking note of the accumulated profits and of the USD /155,897,109/ net income of the year, the ordinary general assembly resolves to transfer 10% of net income to legal reserve, and distribute an amount of USD /155,090,832/of the profits in the form of USD 1.00 per share to shareholders, as per the shareholders’ register at the General Meeting date, with distribution to take effect as of August 29, 2008.

Give the chairman and members of the board of directors the authorizations stipulated in Articles 158 and 159 of the Lebanese Commercial Code.

Clear the chairman and members of the board from any liability for matters relating to the company’s management in 2007.

The Extraordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. held on 18/07/2008 decided to approve the increase of the Capital according to the conditions stated by the Extraordinary General Assembly held on 03/06/2008, and announces that the company’s capital became LBP /27,300,000,000/ divided into /27,300,000/ shares from the categories (A), (B) & (C) according to the percentages specified in Article (20) of the company’s by-laws.

The Board of directors decided in his meeting that was held on 18/07/08, to elect Dr. Georges Gedeon Achi president of the board of directors and chairman of the company.

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders decided to elect Dr. Georges Antoine Gedeon Achi to the Board of Directors, and that for the remaining period of the current Board that will terminate when the Ordinary General Assembly will discuss the accounts of the year 2009.

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Uniceramic S.A.L. that was held on June 20, 2008 took the following decisions:

1)       Approve the Board of Directors’ reports relating to the activities of the company for the fiscal year 2007.

2)       Approve the auditor’s report, the accounts, balance sheet and Profit and loss account for the fiscal year 2007.

3)       Carry forward the loss of the fiscal year 2007 to the fiscal year 2008.

4)       Give full discharge to the chairman of the Board of Directors and to the members of the Board who have managed the company during the financial year 2007.

5)       Appoint Mr. Farid Elias Gebran as auditor of the company for the financial year 2008.

6)       Renew the authorizations given pursuant to the provisions of article 158 and 159 of the Code of Commerce.

7)       Approve the granting of a subordinated loan to the company by some of its shareholders.

8)       Acknowledge the accrued losses.

The majority wasn’t reached to hold the Extraordinary General Assembly on 03/06/2008; therefore, the Board of directors invites the shareholders for the second time to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday September 16, 2008 in Le Royal Hotel- Dbayeh to discuss the same agenda including one article:

• Amendment of Article 19 of the company’s By-Laws, relating to the shares given to the Board of directors’ members, in accordance to the Law, to secure their responsibility for managing the Company.

The Board of directors of Byblos Bank S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend the meeting of the Extraordinary General Assembly that will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday August 29, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office in Byblos Bank Tower, Achrafieh, Elias Sarkis Avenue, to discuss the following agenda:

• Check the accuracy of the Capital increase of the Bank by issuing preferred shares.
• Check the accuracy of the liberation of the value of all issued preferred shares.
• Approve the amendment of Article 6 & 71 of the By-Laws, according to the Capital increase.
• Divers Matters.

The Board of Directors of Bank Audi S.A.L. - Audi Saradar Group invites the shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday August 28, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office, Audi Plaza, Bab Idriss, Beirut Commercial Central District, to discuss the following agenda:

1-       Check the accuracy of the transactions of the Capital increase decided by the General Assembly held in 08/07/2008

2-       Other matters in connection with the above number 1.

In application of the decision of the Ordinary General Assembly held on 17/06/2008 to distribute the dividends of the business of the year 2007 in exchange for the coupon Nb.3 from the shares issued on 05/01/1998, the company announces that it will start paying dividends; LBP /380/ net per share starting Monday August 18.

On the other hand, the BSE announces that the trading with Ciments Blancs S.A.L. shares will become as follows:

1-       Till the end of the trading session of Monday 11/08/2008 included:

Trading the share with Coupon Nb. 3 means with the dividends related to the share subject to the Ordinary General Assembly decision dated 17/06/2008.

2-       Starting the trading session of Tuesday 12/08/2008:

Trading the share without Coupon Nb. 3 means without the dividends related to the share subject to the Ordinary General Assembly decision dated 17/06/2008.

In implementation of the decision of the Ordinary General Assembly held on 03/06/2008 related to the distribution of the 2007 dividends in exchange of the coupon Nb.2 from the shares issued on 14/05/2007, the company announces that it will start paying dividends; LBP /1,000/ net per share, starting Monday August 18, 2008:

On the other hand, the BSE announces that the trading with Holcim (Lebanon) S.A.L. shares will become as follows:

1-       Till the end of the trading session of Monday 11/08/2008 included:

Trading the share with Coupon Nb. 2 means with the dividends related to the share subject to the Ordinary General Assembly decision dated 03/06/2008.

2-       Starting the trading session of Tuesday 12/08/2008:

Trading the share without Coupon Nb. 2 means without the dividends related to the share subject to the Ordinary General Assembly decision dated 03/06/2008.

The General Assembly of shareholders of Beirut Preferred Fund took the following decisions:

• Approve the report of the manager concerning the business of the fund from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.
• Approve the Auditors’ report and the Balance Sheet and Income Statement of the fund for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.
• Distribute an amount of USD /1,140,146/ from the profits shown in the Balance Sheet and Income Statement for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008 or what equals USD /3.50/ per share. That is in addition to the amount of USD /824,162.68/ distributed previously to the shareholders as a prepayment on the expected profits during 2008.
• Clear the Manager for the fund’s management for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.

The General Assembly of shareholders in Beirut Lira Fund took the following decisions:

Approve the report of the manager concerning the business of the fund from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.

• Approve the Auditors’ report and the Balance Sheet and Income Statement of the fund for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.
• Distribute to shareholders an amount of LBP /1,292,500,000/ from the profits shown in the Balance Sheet and Income statement for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008 or what equals LBP /4,700/ per share.
• Clear the Manager for the fund’s management for the period from 01/01/2008 till 30/06/2008.

The BSE asks the public to take notice that the name of Al Mawarid Financial services S.A.L. has been changed to A.M. Financials S.A.L. – Lebanon and that the moral personality has stayed the same despite this amendment.

The Board of Directors of Bank Audi S.A.L. - Audi Saradar Group invites all holders of ordinary shares to attend a General Assembly Meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday August 11, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office, Audi Plaza, Bab Idriss, Beirut Commercial Central District.

The agenda is as follows:

• Election of  a new Board member
• Other matters in connection with the above number 1.

The General Assembly that was held on Friday July 18^th, 2008 ratified a dividend distribution of LBP 4,700 per share to shareholders as specified by Midclear on the record date of 17/07/2008.

The General Assembly that was held on Friday July 18^th, 2008 ratified a dividend distribution of USD 3.50 per share to shareholders as specified by Midclear on the record date of 17/07/2008.

Bank of Beirut S.A.L. as manager of the Beirut Global Income fund announces that the mentioned fund became in liquidation process following its expiry term on 31/07/2008.

Bank of Beirut S.A.L. invites the shareholders of Beirut Preferred Fund to hold a General Assembly meeting at 12:30 p.m. on Friday 18 July 2008 in Bank of Beirut bldg S.A.L., fourth floor, Riad Al Solh St.

Bank of Beirut (UK) Ltd invites the shareholders of Beirut Lira Fund to hold a General Assembly meeting at 12:00 p.m. on Friday 18 July 2008 in Bank of Beirut bldg S.A.L., fourth floor, Riad Al Solh St.

The shareholders of Byblos Bank S.A.L. are invited to attend the meeting of the Extraordinary General Assembly that will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday July 18, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office in Achrafieh, Elias Sarkis Avenue, Byblos Bank Tower to discuss the following agenda:

1)       Increase the bank’s capital by issuing preferred shares compliant to the regulations of Law # 308/2001 and indicate the value, conditions, regulations and details of this increase.

2)       Amend article 6 and others of the company’s by-laws according the capital’s increase and issuance of the preferred shares.

3)       Divers matters.

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Bank Audi S.A.L. - Audi Saradar held on April 23, 2008 approved the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss accounts for the year 2007 and declared a dividend distribution of: USD 2.1875 per share for Preferred Shares Class “C”, USD 7.75 per share for Preferred Shares Class “D”, LBP 3,015 per share for Common Shares.

The shareholders of Bank of Beirut S.A.L. are invited to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly meeting in the Head Office, Foch St, Downtown Beirut on Wednesday July 23, 2008 at 3 p.m. to study and state the following agenda:

1-       Amend the decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Assembly held on 24/04/2008 related to the increase in the Bank’s Capital.

2-       Amend some of the articles of the By-Laws as presented previously

3-       Divers Matter

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Ciments Blancs S.A.L. held on June 17, 2008 approved the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss accounts for the year 2007 and declared a dividend distribution of LBP /380/ net per share. Also the Ordinary General assembly reelected Mr. Bou Haroun  to the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors of Bank Audi S.A.L. - Audi Saradar Group invites all holders of ordinary shares to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday July 08, 2008 at the Bank’s Head Office located at Audi Plaza, Bab Idriss, Beirut Commercial Central District in order to examine the following agenda:

1-       To approve the increase of the Bank’s capital by up to LL 15,331,239,000 through the issuance of up to 1,393,749, ordinary shares reserved to the owners of stock options who have exercised their options;

2-       To amend the Bank’s By-Laws, in particular articles 6 and 8, and other articles of said By-Laws in connection with item 1 above;

3-       Other matters relating to items 1 and 2 above

The BSE decided to accept the listing, trading and pricing of an additional /14,333,333/ common shares, of LBP /10,400/ par value per share, related to BLOM Bank S.A.L. in the Official market of the stock exchange. Trading is scheduled to start on Friday June 20, 2008.

The Board of directors of Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. is pleased to announce to the shareholders that the Annual Ordinary General assembly held on 03/06/2008 decided to distribute dividends for the fiscal year 2007 by an amount of LBP /60/ per share. These dividends are subject to distribution tax. The distribution begins on Tuesday 17/06/2008 as follows:

1-       In the company’s head office for shareholders carrying categories “A” & “C”.

2-       Through Midclear S.A.L. for shareholders carrying category “B”.

The Board of directors of Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held in the company’s Head Office in Chiyah / Galerie Semaan, at 5 p.m. on Friday July 18, 2008 to discuss the following agenda:

1-       Check the validity of the Capital increase of the company according to the conditions stated by the Extraordinary General Assembly held on 03/06/2008.

2-       Amend Article 10 of the company’s by-laws.

3-       Divers matters

The Ordinary General Assembly was invited to meet for the first time on June 13, 2008 but the majority wasn’t reached so a second meeting was decided on July 7, 2008.

In consequence Solidere’s board of directors invites the shareholders of both shares’ Classes (A) & (B) to attend an Ordinary General Assembly Meeting that will be held on Monday July 7, 2008 at 9:30 am in Biel, Downtown.

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Rasamny Younis Motor Co. S.A.L. held on June 03, 2008 approved the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss accounts for the year 2007 and declared a dividend distribution of LBP /60/ per share. Also the Ordinary General assembly elected Mr. Fayez Kamil Rasamny as a new member to the Board of Directors.

The Extraordinary General Assembly of shareholders of Rasamny Younis Motor Company S.A.L. held on 03/06/2008 decided to:

1-       Increase the company’s Capital from LBP /26,000,000,000/ to LBP /27,300,000,000/ and issue new shares from the categories (A), (B) & (C), with a par value per share LBP /1,000/ to be distributed as follows: 1 new share for every 20 old shares of the same category.

2-       Amend Article 10 of the company’s By-Laws.

On 20/05/2008 the Board of Directors of Uniceramic S.A.L. decided to postpone the meeting of the Ordinary General Assembly that was supposed to be held on 27/05/2008 to Friday 20/06/2008 at 10:00 am in the company’s head office in Chebrekieh Tabet.

The Board of Directors of Solidere suggests the distribution of dividends with an average amount of 1 USD per Class (A) or (B) share. The beneficiary will be the shareholder carrying the share as shown below.

In case there will be a quorum in the General Assembly meeting on June 13, 2008 and the dividends’ distribution was approved, dividends will be paid to the shareholder according to the shareholders’ record as at June 13, 2008.

The retroactive date for this record is June 10, meaning that the shareholder that purchases shares by June 9, his name will be mentioned in the shareholders’ record of June 13, 2008 and will benefit from the dividends’ distribution in case it were stated.

In case the quorum wasn’t reached on June 13, a meeting will be held on July 7, 2008 and in case the quorum will be reached in this General Assembly meeting and the dividends’ distribution was approved, the dividends will be paid for the shareholder according to the shareholders’ record of July 7, 2008.

The retroactive date for this record is July 2, meaning that the shareholder that purchases shares by July 1, his name will be mentioned in the shareholders’ record of June 7, 2008 and will benefit from the dividends’ distribution in case it were stated.

Based on the Extraordinary General Assembly resolutions of BLOM Bank S.A.L. held on 08/05/2008 related to the redemption of Class 2002 Preferred shares, and the Capital increase of the Bank, and as per the approval of the Council of the Central Bank of Lebanon on the above resolutions, the BSE decided to:

1-       Consider Tuesday June 03, 2008 as the last trading day with BLOM Bank SAL Preferred shares Class 2002.

2-       Stop the trading with the mentioned shares through the BSE when the trading session of June 03, 2008 will end.

3-       Cancel the mentioned share from the list of listed shares on the BSE as per the mentioned date and continue the trading normally with the rest of BLOM Bank shares.

Based on the Extraordinary General Assembly resolutions of BLOM Bank S.A.L. held on 08/05/2008 related to the redemption of Class 2002 Preferred shares, and to the increase of the Bank’s capital, and based on the approval of the above resolutions by the Council of the Central Bank of Lebanon, the BSE decided to:

1-       Consider Tuesday June 03, 2008 as the last trading day with BLOM Bank SAL Preferred shares Class 2002.

2-       Stop the trading with the mentioned shares through the BSE when the trading session of June 03, 2008 will end.

3-       Cancel the mentioned share from the list of listed shares on the BSE as per the mentioned date and continue the trading normally with the rest of BLOM Bank shares.

Solidere’s board of directors invites the shareholders of both shares’ Classes (A) & (B) to attend an Ordinary General Assembly Meeting that will be held on Friday June 13, 2008 at 9:30 am in Biel Downtown.

The Board of Directors of Ciments Blancs S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend an Ordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday June 17, 2008 in the premises of Holcim (Liban) S.A.L. in Antelias.

The Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders that was held on May 14, 2008, at the Bank’s Head Office decided to distribute dividends and profits for the year 2007 as follows:
For Common Shareholders:
     ● LBP 157.9 per share (LBP 150 Net of distribution tax 5%)
For Priority Shareholders:
     ● 4% Annual interest rate of the nominal value of the priority shares; 
         LBP 48 per share (LBP 45.6 Net of distribution tax 5%)
     ● LBP 157.9 per share (LBP 150 Net of distribution tax 5%)
For Preferred Shares holders:
     ● USD 12 per share equals LBP 18,168 (LBP 17,259.6 Net of distribution tax 5%)
These amounts will be paid through Midclear starting May 20th, 2008 after deducting the distribution tax 5%.

Byblos Bank’s Agenda for dividend distribution (all categories of shares)

Last Trading Date to receive dividends: May 14, 2008

Ex-Dividend Date: May 15, 2008

Record Date: May 19, 2008

Payment Date: May 20, 2008

N.B.: Same dates apply for interest payment on Priority shares

The Board of Directors of Holcim (Lebanon) S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting to be held in Le Royal Hotel – Dbayeh, at 12 noon on Tuesday June 3, 2008 to discuss the following agenda:

1-       Amendment of Article 19 of the company’s By-Laws, concerning the shares given to the members of the Board of Directors, according to the Law, to secure their responsibility about their management of the company.

The Board of Directors of Holcim (Lebanon) S.A.L. invites the shareholders to attend an Ordinary General Assemb