GFH Financial Group would like to inform its shareholders and the markets that the Ordinary General Meeting scheduled for today Monday, 23rd March 2020, was unable to meet the required quorum as the quorum reached was 16.58%. Accordingly, the second meeting will be held on Monday, 30th March 2020 at 11:00 a.m. through the electronic communication means. We request the Group’s shareholders to follow the below instructions in order to ensure their participation in the meeting swiftly:

  1. Send an email request which must include a clear passport or identification card copy of the shareholder or the person representing them with the proxy to the email agm@gfh.com, in order to validate the identity and validity of the attendee at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled time of the AGM. Please also include the contact number and email of the person attending the online session.
  2. After receiving the required documents and information, a link will be sent to the attendee for the online server (ZOOM) prior to the convention of the meeting to allow the attendee to take the necessary steps to join the session. The device used to participate in the online session must be compatible with video and telecom services.
    In case the quorum was met on 30th March 2020 and shareholders have approved the cash dividend distribution, the below important dates are to be taken note of:
Event Date
General Meeting Date
(Shareholders’ approval date)		 30th March 2020
Cum-Dividend Date
(Last day of trading with entitlement to dividends)		 2nd April 2020
Ex-Dividend Date
(First day of trading without entitlement to dividends)		 5th April 2020
Record Date for Bahrain Bourse and Dubai Financial Market listed shares
(The Day on which all shareholders whose names are on the share register will be entitled to dividends)		 6th April 2020
Record Date for Boursa Kuwait listed shares
(The Day on which all shareholders whose names are on the share register will be entitled to dividends)		 7th April 2020
Payment Date
(The Day on which the dividends will be paid to the entitled shareholders)		 20th April 2020