- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Global Investment House got shareholder approval to scrap its capital hike plan, saying regional conditions were not ripe to proceed.
Global’s shareholders had approved a 76 percent capital hike worth 100 million dinars last May but the plan was not enacted.
Under Kuwaiti law, that approval was slated to expire a year after it was granted on May 5.
The increase would have raised Global’s capital to 231.24 million dinars through issuing shares at a nominal value of 100 fils per share.
Shareholders also voted to give the company a green light to write off 171.3 million dinars ($624.3 million) in losses.
Earlier this week, Global won a Dubai court ruling to get back $250 million from Abu Dhabi-listed National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain in addition to $54.6 million in interest.
Maha Al-Ghunaim, Global’s managing director, said the interest will be added to the firm’s revenues while the $250 million will be used to strengthen Global’s financial position.

