With reference to the above mentioned subject, and to CMA instructions number(هـ .أ.م. / ق.ر. / إ.م. / 2/2/2012) regarding the disclosure of material information, We would like to notify that NIC has increased its investment holding stake in an associate to be 47.8% for an average amount of four million five Hundred Thousand Kuwaiti Dinar, Further the financial position of the mentioned investment will be consolidated with the parent company’s financial position in the second quarter of the current year.