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Article: MOODY'S CONFIRMS BAA3/P-3/D+ RATINGS OF UGB, NEGATIVE OUTLOOK

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Moody's Investors Service has todayconfirmed the Baa3/Prime-3 deposit ratings, Ba1 subordinated debt ratingand D+ bank financial strength rating (BFSR) of United Gulf Bank BSC(UGB), with a negative outlook. This action concludes Moody's review of the bank's ratings initiated on12 May 2008, (and extended on 27 November 2008), which focused on how thesales of UGB's commercial banking subsidiaries to Burgan Bank(A2/Prime-1/D+) were likely to affect its business mix and risk profile.The sale of three banking subsidiaries took place in 2008 (Jordan KuwaitBank) and the first half of 2009 (Algeria Gulf Bank and Bank of Baghdad)while the sale of a further banking subsidiary (Tunis International ...

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