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A team of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) visited the factory premises on September 4, 2023 and head office on September 5, 2023 of Northern Jute Manufacturing Company Limited for inspection on their current operational status. The team could not enter into the factory premises of the company and could not perform the aforesaid inspection since the factory premises was fully closed. (cont.)

(Continuation news of NORTHERN): As well as, when visited the head office located in Dhaka, it was found that the head office premises has been using by OMC Limited. (end)

A team of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) visited the factory of Dulamia Cotton Spinning Mills Limited on September 24, 2023 for inspection on their current operational status. The team could not enter into the factory of the company and could not perform the aforesaid inspection since the factory was fully closed and sealed.

A team of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) visited the factory premises of Regent Textile Mills Limited on September 26, 2023. During the visit, the inspection team found that the operation of the Company was closed.

A team of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) visited the factory premises of Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Limited on September 26, 2023. During the visit, the inspection team found that the operation of the Company was closed.

A team of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) visited the factory premises & head office of the company on September 27, 2023 & October 09, 2023 respectively to inspect their current operational status and found the factory closed. As well as, when the inspection team visited the head office located at House 127 (3rd Floor), Road 10, Block C, Niketon, Gulshan- 1, Dhaka (as provided by the company), it was found that the head office is being used by another company named Olila Glass Industries Ltd.

Commencement of electronic subscription of the units of Bank Asia 1st Perpetual Bond by General Public: The subscription to the units of Bank Asia 1st Perpetual Bond by the General Public will start from November 19, 2023 and continue till December 07, 2023. Minimum subscription amount is BDT 5,000 (or its multiples) and there is no maximum bar. The registered TREC Holders of DSE and CSE (cont.1)

(Continuation news of DSENEWS): and Merchant Bankers have to upload the IPO file of General Public in the Electronic Subscription System (ESS) from 10:00 a.m of December 10, 2023 to 4:30 p.m of December 12, 2023 and make the full payment to DSE through United Commercial Bank PLC. (A/C Name: Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited, A/C No.: 1511308000000016) (cont.2)

(Continuation news of DSENEWS): from December 10, 2023 to December 12, 2023 (during banking hour) from their consolidated customers' Account based on total submitted application. Please visit the following website for subscription related updates: https://www.essbangladesh.com. (end)

Commencement of electronic subscription of the units of Bank Asia 1st Perpetual Bond for EIs through electronic subscription system: The subscription to the units of Bank Asia 1st Perpetual Bond by the registered eligible investors (EIs) through electronic subscription system of the stock exchanges will start from 10:00 a.m. of November 19, 2023 and continue till 4.30 p.m. of December 07, 2023. Minimum subscription amount is BDT 5,000 (or its multiples) and there is no maximum bar. (cont.)

(Cont. news of DSENEWS): Participating EIs will be required to pay full subscription amount (100%) and subscription fee of Tk. 3,000.00 (three thousand only) through United Commercial Bank PLC (A/C Name: Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited, A/C No.: 1511308000000016) in between 10:00 a.m. of November 19, 2023 to 2:00 p.m. of December 07, 2023 (during banking hour). Please visit the following website for subscription related updates: https://www.essbangladesh.com. (end)

In response to the DSE query dated December 05, 2023, the company has informed that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information of the company for recent unusual price hike and increase in volume of shares.

The Trustee of AIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond has declared Annual Coupon Rate @ 8.22% for the year ending December 31, 2023. Record Date for entitlement of Coupon Rate of the Bond: 28.12.2023.

There will be no price limit on the trading of the AIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond today (06.12.2023) following its corporate declaration. However, the floor price shall be applicable accordingly.

Trading of the Mutual Trust Bank Perpetual Bond will commence at DSE from today i.e. December 06, 2023 under 'N' category. DSE Trading Code for Mutual Trust Bank Perpetual Bond is "MTBPBOND" and DSE Company Code is 26015 under "Corporate Bond" sector. Some salient features of the bond are as follows: 1. Name of the Bond: Mutual Trust Bank Perpetual Bond, (Cont.)

(Continuation news of MTBPBOND): 2. Issuer: Mutual Trust Bank PLC., 3. Issue price: BDT 1,000,000 per bond, 4. Face value: BDT 1,000,000 per bond, 5. Market lot: 4,000, 6. Maturity Date: December 06, 2123, 7. Coupon Rate: 6%-10%, 8. Coupon payment frequency: Semi-Annual. (end)

AB Bank PLC., issuer of AB Bank Perpetual Bond, has informed that the Board of Directors of the aforesaid company has declared semi-annual coupon rate @10% per annum for the period from December 13, 2023 to June 12, 2024.

There will be no price limit on the trading of the AB Bank Perpetual Bond on today (06.12.2023) following its corporate declaration. However, the floor price shall be applicable accordingly.

Emerging Credit Rating Limited (ECRL) has assigned initial rating of the Company as "A" in the long term and "ST-2" in the short term along with Stable outlook based on audited financial statements up to June 30, 2023 and other available information up to the date of rating declaration.

Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC., issuer of SJIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond has informed that the Trustee of the bond has fixed the record date on December 28, 2023 for entitlement of Profit of the bond. The profit will be reckoned for January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2023. The bondholders whose names would appear in the Depository Register of the bank on record date will be eligible to entitle the profit @8.22%.

There will be no price limit on the trading of the SJIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond today (06.12.2023) following its corporate declaration. However, the floor price shall be applicable accordingly.

The Company has further informed that due to unavoidable circumstances, the 54th AGM of the company will be held on January 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM instead of earlier declared date January 06, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Other information of the AGM will remain unchanged.

As per Regulation 16(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations, 2015, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on December 10, 2023 at 2:35 PM to consider, among others, un-audited financial statements of the Company for the First Quarter (Q1) period ended September 30, 2023.

Refer to the earlier news disseminated by DSE on 19.11.2023 regarding dividend declaration for the year ended June 30, 2023, the Company has further informed that they have not yet received consent from the BSEC till today regarding their declaration of 5% Stock Dividend. Therefore, the Record Date i.e., 07.12.2023 will be applicable only for 5% Cash Dividend.

The company has informed that the Board of Directors of the company in its meeting held on 05 December 2023 recommended some special resolutions for adoption of the shareholders in next Annual General Meeting in order to issue Preference Shares against GOB equity. a. Clause III(c)(8)(v) of Memorandum of Association and Clause 8 of Articles of Association of the company: Proposed: The Authorized Shares Capital of the Company is only (cont.1)

(Continuation news of DESCO): Tk. 2000,00,00,000 divided into 50,00,00,000 ordinary shares amounting Tk. 500,00,00,000 of Tk. 10 each and 150,00,00,000 preference shares amounting Tk. 1,500,00,00,000 of Tk. 10 each. b. Resolved that the consent of the members of the company be and is hereby accorded for issuance of the 60,76,93,513 nos of Irredeemable Non-Cumulative Preference Share of Tk. 10 each amounting (cont.2)

(Continuation news of DESCO): Tk. 607,69,35,130 in favour of Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR), Government of Bangladesh with following dividend rate against GoB Equity as per letter Power Division, MPEMR under memo no-27.00.0000.088.36.002.20.648 Dated- 11/09/2023 subject to approval of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and complying with relevant laws and rules etc. (cont.3)

(Continuation news of DESCO): Dividend of Preference share = [Preference Share Capital / (Ordinary Share Capital + Preference share capital)] * 15% of the Net Profit After Tax. (end)

Refer to the earlier news disseminated by DSE on 30.11.2023, the Company has further informed that the meeting scheduled to be held on December 05, 2023 at 3:30 PM as per LR 19(1) of the DSE (Listing) Regulations, 2015, to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022, has been postponed.

Trading of the shares of the company will be allowed only in the Spot Market and Block transaction will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit from 07.12.2023 to 10.12.2023 and trading of the shares will remain suspended on record date i.e., 11.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will remain suspended on record date i.e., 07.12.2023 for EGM.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Trading of the shares of the company will resume on 07.12.2023.

Record date for entitlement of coupon payment of 15Y BGTB 15/12/2025 Government Securities is 14.12.2023.

Record date for entitlement of coupon payment of 15Y BGTB 15/06/2026 Government Securities is 14.12.2023.

Record date for entitlement of coupon payment of 05Y BGTB 16/06/2026 Government Securities is 14.12.2023.

Record date for entitlement of coupon payment of 10Y BGTB 17/06/2030 Government Securities is 14.12.2023.

Trading of 15Y BGTB 11/12/2023 Government Securities will be suspended on record date i.e., 10.12.2023 and day before the record date i.e., 07.12.2023. Trading of the Government Securities will be delisted with effect from 11.12.2023

Trading of 05Y BGTB 11/12/2024 Government Securities will be suspended on record date i.e., 10.12.2023 and day before the record date i.e., 07.12.2023. Trading of the Government Securities will resume on 11.12.2023.

The Fund Manager has requested the concerned brokerage house/merchant banks and all Depository Participants (DPs) to provide a statement with the details (Shareholders' name, BO ID Number, 12-digit E-TIN Number, client-wise shareholding position and bank account name, account no., routing no. of brokerage house/merchant bank) of their margin loan holders by December 12, 2023 who hold units of the fund as on the Record Date (December 05, 2023). (cont.)

(Continuation news of LRGLOBMF1): The Fund Manager has also requested the Brokerage house/merchant banks and all Depository Participants (DPs) to send the statement to the email addresses: ikhalil@lrglobalbd.com and marahman@lrglobalbd.com. For any query, please contact at +8801730450478 or +8801730450479. (end)

Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) has assigned the surveillance entity rating of the Company as "AA2" in the long term and "ST-2" in the short term along with Stable outlook based on audited financial statements up to June 30, 2023 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating declaration.