Intial Public Offering of OGDCL Shares to Begin from Monday November 10

Islamabad, November 09, 2003


Islamabad, November 9, 2003

The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) for the public subscription will be formally opened from November 10, 2003 (Monday). The application forms can be obtained from all the banks to offer, stock exchanges, on the web sites: www.privatisation.gov.pk , www.ogdcl.com , www.kasb.com and also from the national dailies of Monday 10 November 2003. The IPO will remain open for five days i.e. November 10 to 14, 2003 during banking hours.

The Privatisation Commission and KASB Securities held a final Road Show at Dubai on Sunday for the overseas Pakistanis and other investors. A detailed presentation was made by the Regional Manager KASB Securtites Azhar Malik, Investment Officer Benazir Irshad and Consultant PC Syed Faiz Jalal. Mr. Hafiz Mirza, Director General (banking & Utilities) PC responded to a number of queries and made certain clarifications regarding the upcoming issue of OGDCL.

Preference will be given to the smaller applicants for the minimum lot of 1000 shares i.e. Rs. 32,000/= only for subscription in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 2.5 % shares (107.5 million shares) of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) with a green shoe option of additional 2.5 % shares in case of over subscription, being offered at a price of Rs. 32/ = per share.

Domestic bankers to offer include ABN AMRO Bank, Allied Bank Limited, Askari Commercial Bank Limited, Bank Alfalah Limited, Bank Al Habib Limited, Citibank N.A, Faysal Bank Limited, First Women Bank Limited,
Habib Bank Limited, KASB Bank Limited, Metropolitan Bank Limited, Muslim Commercial Bank Limited, National Bank of Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank, The Bank of Khyber, Union Bank Limited and United Bank Limited.

For overseas Pakistanis in Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates Habib Bank Limited, while United Bank Limited in Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates are providing the OGDCL-IPO processing
facilities.