SSGC SHARES SECONDARY PUBLIC OFFERING FROM MONDAY FORMS AVAILABLE FROM NEWSPAPERS-BANKS-STOCK EXCHANGES-WEB SITES

Islamabad, February 07, 2004

Subscription for the first secondary Public Offering of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) shares will open from Monday (February 9, 2004) and remain open for three days. It will close on Wednesday (February 11, 2004) at the close of banking hours.

To facilitate the general public, the application form for subscription are being published in the leading Urdu, English and Sindhi national dailies on February 8, 2004, while the forms can also be obtained from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad Stock Exchanges, web sites PC, the Lead Managers to the transaction and the bankers to this offer.

There are 14 bankers to this offer. Allied Bank Limited, Askari Commercial Bank Ltd, Bank Al Habib Ltd, Faysal Bank Ltd, First Women Bank Ltd, Habib Bank Limited, Jahangir Siddiqui Investment Bank Ltd, KASB Bank Ltd, Meezan Bank Ltd, Metropolitan Bank Ltd, Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd, National Bank of Pakistan, PICIC Commercial Bank Ltd, and Union Bank Limited. Forms can also be downloaded from web sites: www.privatisation.gov.pk, www.ssgc.com.pk, www.amzsec.com.pk and www.meezanbank.com

The SSGC is a company listed on the Stock Exchanges since 1956. The Government of Pakistan is presently holding 70.43 % shares of SSGC while 29.57 % shares are with the general public and institutions.

Preference will be given to the smaller applicants for the minimum lot of 1000 shares for the Public Offering (PO) of 5 % shares (33.56 million shares) of SSGC (with a green shoe option of additional 5 % shares in case of over subscription), being offered at a price of Rs. 26/ = per share (including a premium of Rs. 16/=) with an expectation of total proceeds from 10 % shares offering to the tune of Rs. 1.74 billion.

Second and third preference will be given to the applicants for 2000 and 3000 shares respectively, while the applications for bigger denomination will be decided on pro rata basis. The Lead Managers to this transaction are AMZ securities, Meezan Bank and M. Yousuf Adil Saleem & Co.