VOL. XLII

No. 04

25-January-1999

EGYPT

ABC Launches Euro GDR

Egypt痴 Al-Ahram Beverages Company (ABC) announced on 10January that it has launched a euro-denominated global depositary receipt(GDR). The new GDR will be the second depositary receipt launched by ABC, withthe first denominated in US dollars. Two euro GDRs will be equivalent to oneshare in ABC and the receipts will be traded on the London stock exchange. Thecustodian bank is Commercial International Bank (Egypt) and the receipts willbe...