Warka’s moment of truth last Wednesday (Jan 19) turned out to be a nonevent. It seems the general assembly meeting had to be postponed for a week due to lack of a quorum. To put it another way, the chairman, who holds 60% of the stock, didn’t show up. (See my last post for more […]
On January 19, Warka Bank (BWAI) will hold a general assembly meeting to “discuss the capital increase in accordance with Article 55/1 and elect a new board of directors.” At last, it seems, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for the bank’s minority shareholders. The “capital increase in accordance with […]
Warka Bank issued a statement on Wednesday refuting the rumours (click here for more details) that it was in financial difficulty: Dear Warka Clients, With regard to the rumors that have been circulating against our bank by ill competitors please note that our bank is well supervised and monitored by the highest financial authority in […]
Speculation is rife that Iraq’s Warka Bank has collapsed, but its managing director said that it has not collapsed but has faced problems due to a recent decision of the Iraqi government to withdraw over $1.6 billion from the bank. Our resident blogger on economic issues, Mark DeWeaver, recently reported on the mysteries of Warka's rights issue. […]
National Food Industries has announced that it will be issuing 100% paid up shares at the price of IQD (1 per share) for those shares purchased and owned prior to the holding of its general assembly meeting. Shareholders trading through Warka Bank are advised to submit their authorization letters to purchase the paid up shares […]
So far two subscription periods for Warka Bank’s ID 150 bn rights issue have come and gone without any official announcement of the results. The last date for existing shareholders to subscribe was May 16. As most of them did not take up their rights, there was a subsequent public offering open to everyone except […]
On March 10, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) announced that the privately-owned Iraqi banks will be required to increase capital to ID 250 bn (USD 213 mn) over the next three years. Each bank will have to reach an initial capital target of ID 100 bn by the end of the first year and […]
