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The ASE started publishing it's circulars and resolutions in English version

The ASE started publishing it's circulars and resolutions in English version as well as Arabic as of March 23, 2017; The CEO of the ASE , Nader Azar stated that the main purpose is to enable the interested foreign investors to follow up the news and the corporate actions of the companies, as well as the need to provide all investors with all disclosures at the same time regardless of their nationality, in addition to promote and market issuers of securities In Jordan outside the Kingdom.

Azar has also stressed that providing information in English will enhance the competitiveness of the ASE, furthermore it is one of the most important requirements set by Morgan Stanley to raise the classification of the Jordanian capital market from "Frontier market" to "Emerging market".

The ASE circulates these reports to the brokerage firms, and posts them on the ASE website (Arabic version) www.exchange.jo in the Circulars and Disclosures window to be reachable for those interested in securities.

It's worth mentioning that the JSC has started in early February to obligate companies and all issuers to disclose their financial and non-financial statements both in Arabic and English. Noting that the non-Jordanian ownership of the listed companies at the end of February 2017 reached 47.7% of the total market value. Non-Arab investors constituted 11.6% of the total market capitalization of the ASE.