PUBLIC OFFER OF 26,079,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF TK EACH AT PAR TOTALING TK. 260,790,000

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1 i cuywrevrv i wewb qvm SzuwKc~Y R b I ey S wewb qvm Kiæb Investment in capital market involves certain degree of risks. The investors are required to read the prospectus and risk factors carefully, assess their own financial conditions and risk taking ability before making their investment decisions. PUBLIC OFFER OF 26,079,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF TK EACH AT PAR TOTALING TK. 260,790,000 Opening and Closing Date of Subscription Opening Date:... Closing Date:... Issue Date of the Prospectus:.. ISSUER EXPRESS INSURANCE LIMITED Al Razi Complex, , Shahid Sayed Nauru Islam Shoran, Bijoynagar, Dhaka-1000 Tel: , , Fax: express_insurance@ymail.com, Web: MANAGER TO THE ISSUE Amin Court, 4th Floor (Suit# ), 31, Bir Uttam Shahid Ashfaqueus Samad Road (Previous 62-63, Motijheel C/A), Dhaka-1000 Phone: , , Fax: Web-site: info@aaafinancebd.com

2 ii (a) PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND DECLARATIONS: (i) Name(s), address(s), telephone number(s), web address(s), (s), fax number(s) and contact persons of the issuer, issue manager(s), underwriter(s), auditors, credit rating company and valuer, where applicable ISSUER COMPANY Name & Address Express Insurance Limited Al Razi Complex, , Shahid Sayed Nazrul Islam Sharani, Bijoynagar, Dhaka-1000 ISSUE MANAGER AAA Finance & Investment Limited Amin Court, 4th Floor (Suite# ) 31, Bir Uttam Shahid Ashfaqueus Samad Road (Previous 62-63, Motijheel C/A), Dhaka-1000 UNDERWRITERS AAA Finance & Investment Limited Amin Court, 4th Floor (Suite # ) 31,Bir Uttam Shahid Ashfaqueus Samad Road, Dhaka-1000 Southeast Bank Capital Services limited Eunoos Trade Centre (Level-9), Dilkusha C.A., Dhaka-1000 BD Finance Capital Holdings Limited 64, Motijheel C/A, 2nd floor, Dhaka-1000 BLI Capital Limited Eunoos Trade Centre (Level-18), Dilkusha C.A. Dhaka-1000 Roots Investment Limited Diganta Tower, Level-1, 12/1 Ram Krishna Mission Dhaka-1203 Alpha Capital Management Limited Eastern Arzoo Complex (7th floor) 61 Bijoy Nagar, Dhaka AUDITOR ARTISAN, Chartered Accountants BSEC Bhaban (Level-10) 102, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka. Telephone & Fax Number, , Web Address Tel: Tel: express_insurance@ymail.com Web: Tel: Tel: Fax: info@aaafinancebd.com Tel : Fax : info@aaafinancebd.com Tel : Fax : sebcsl@southeastbank.com.bd Tel : Fax : info@bdcapital.com.bd Tel: , Fax: debabrata@blicapitalltd.com Tel : , Mobile : Fax : Phone: , , Fax alpha.acml@gmail.com, info@acmlbd.com Tel : , Fax , info@artisan-ca.com Contact Person Md. Liaquat Ali Khan Company Secretary Mohammad Obaydur Rahman, FCS Managing Mr. Mohammad Obaydur Rahman FCS Managing Mr. Homayun Kabir, ACS Company Secretary Mr. Barun Prasad Paul MD & CEO (CC) Mr. Debabrata Kumar Sarker Senior Vice President Mr. Nomanur Rahman Senior Vice President Mr. Noor Ahamed FCA CEO & Managing Mr. Md. Selim Reza FCA, FCS The Company has no involvement with Valuer; Credit rating is not applicable for the issuer. (ii) A person interested to get a prospectus may obtain from the issuer and the issue managers. (iii) If you have any query about this document, you may consult the issuer, issue manager and underwriter

3 iii (iv) CONSENT OF THE BANGLADESH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS BEEN OBTAINED TO THE ISSUE/OFFER OF THESE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ORDINANCE, 1969, AND THE BANGLADESH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (PUBLIC ISSUE) RULES, IT MUST BE DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IN GIVING THIS CONSENT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS OF THE ISSUER COMPANY, ANY OF ITS PROJECTS OR THE ISSUE PRICE OF ITS SECURITIES OR FOR THE CORRECTNESS OF ANY OF THE STATEMENTS MADE OR OPINION EXPRESSED WITH REGARD TO THEM. SUCH RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE ISSUER, ITS DIRECTORS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, COMPANY SECRETARY, ISSUE MANAGER, ISSUE MANAGER S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, UNDERWRITERS, AUDITOR(S), VALUER AND/OR CREDIT RATING COMPANY." (v) Risks in relation to the First Issue This being the first issue of the issuer, there has been no formal market for the securities of the issuer. The face value of the securities is Tk (Ten) and the issue price is Tk , i.e. the face value. The issue price has been determined and justified by the issuer and the issue managers as stated under the paragraph on justification of issue price should not be taken to be indicative of the market price of the securities after listing. No assurance can be given regarding an active or sustained trading of the securities or the price after listing." (vi) General Risk' "Investment in securities involves a degree of risk and investors should not invest any funds in this offer unless they can afford to take the risk of losing their investment. Investors are advised to read the risk factors carefully before taking an investment decision in this offer. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the issuer and the offer including the risks involved. The securities have not been recommended by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) nor does BSEC guarantee the accuracy or adequacy of this document. Specific attention of investors is invited to the statement of risk factors given on page number(s) 135 to 146 (vii) Issuer s Absolute Responsibility "The issuer, having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for and confirms that this prospectus contains all material information with regard to the issuer and the issue, that the information contained in the prospectus are true, fair and correct in all material aspects and are not misleading in any respect, that the opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which make this document as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect."

4 iv (b) Availability of Prospectus (i) Names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, website addresses and addresses and names of contact persons of the institutions where the prospectus and abridged version of prospectus are available in hard and soft forms; The Prospectus and abridged version prospectus in hard and soft forms of the Company shall be obtained from the following addresses: ISSUER COMPANY Name & Address Express Insurance Limited Al Razi Complex, , Shahid Sayed Nazrul Islam Sharani, Bijoynagar, Dhaka-1000 ISSUE MANAGER AAA Finance & Investment Limited Amin Court, 4th Floor (Suite# ) 31, Bir Uttam Shahid Ashfaqueus Samad Road (Previous 62-63, Motijheel C/A), Dhaka-1000 UNDERWRITERS AAA Finance & Investment Limited Amin Court, 4th Floor (Suite # ) 31,Bir Uttam Shahid Ashfaqueus Samad Road, Dhaka-1000 Southeast Bank Capital Services limited Eunoos Trade Centre (Level-9), Dilkusha C.A. Dhaka-1000 BD Finance Capital Holdings Limited 64, Motijheel C/A, 2nd floor, Dhaka-1000 BLI Capital Limited Eunoos Trade Centre (Level-18), Dilkusha C.A., Dhaka-1000 Roots Investment Limited Diganta Tower, Level-1, 12/1 Ram Krishna Mission Dhaka-1203 Alpha Capital Management Limited Eastern Arzoo Complex (7th floor) 61 Bijoy Nagar, Dhaka STOCK EXCHANGES Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited DSE Library, 9/F Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000 Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited CSE Library, CSE Building, 1080, Sheikh Mujib Road Agrabad, Chittagong Telephone & Fax Number, , Web Address Tel: Tel: express_insurance@ymail.com Web: Tel: Tel: Fax: info@aaafinancebd.com Web: Tel : Fax : info@aaafinancebd.com Web: Tel : Fax : sebcsl@southeastbank.com.bd Web: Tel : Fax : info@bdcapital.com.bd Web: Tel: , Fax: debabrata@blicapitalltd.com Web: Tel : , Mobile : Fax : Web: Phone: , , Fax alpha.acml@gmail.com, info@acmlbd.com Web: Tel: , Fax: , research@dsebd.org Web: Tel: Fax: jabed@cse.com.bd Web: Contact Person Mr. Md. Liaquat Ali Khan Company Secretary Mr. Mohammad Obaydur Rahman FCS Managing & CEO Mr. Mohammad Obaydur Rahman FCS Managing Mr. Homayun Kabir, ACS Company Secretary Mr. Barun Prasad Paul MD & CEO (CC) Mr. Debabrata Kumar Sarker Senior Vice President Mr. Nomanur Rahman Senior Vice President Mr. Noor Ahamed FCA CEO & Managing Prospectus would also be available on the web sites of BSEC ( and at the Public Reference Room of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for reading and studying.

5 V (ii) Names and dates of the newspapers where abridged version of prospectus was published Names and dates of the newspapers where abridged version of prospectus was published: Sl. No. Name of the Newspaper Date of Publication (iii) Definitions and Acronyms/Elaborations Acronyms/Elaborations: AAA : AAA Finance & Investment Limited BB : Bangladesh Bank BO A/C : Beneficiary Owner Account or Depository Account BSEC : Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission CD : Curent Deposit Commission : Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Companies Act : Companies Act, 1994 (Act. No. XVIII of 1994) CSE : Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited DSE : Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited EIL : Express Insurance Limited EPZ : Export Processing Zone FC Account : Foreign Currency Account FI : Financial Institution GOB : The Government of People s Republic of Bangladesh IPO : Initial Public Offering Issue : Public Issue Issuer : Express Insurance Limited NAV : Net Asset Value of the Company NBR : National Board of Revenue

6 VI NIB : National Investment Bond NRB : Non Resident Bangladeshi Offering Price : Price of the securities of Express Insurance Limited being offered IDRA : Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority Registered Office : Head Office of the Company RJSC : Registrar of Joint Stock Companies & Firms Securities : Shares of Express Insurance Limited Share Market : Market of the Securities Sponsors : The sponsor shareholders of Express Insurance Limited Stockholders : Shareholders Subscription : Application money The Company : Express Insurance Limited

7 VII TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION (I): EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PARTICULARS PAGE NO. a About the industry 1 b About the Issuer 1 c Financial Information 2 d Features of the issue and its objects 3 e Legal and other Information 3 f Promoters background 3-6 g Capital structure and history of capital raising 6 h Summary of valuation report of securities 7 SECTION (II: CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE CONSENT LETTER DISCLOSURE IN RESPECT OF ISSUANCE OF SECURITY IN DEMAT FORM 8 CONDITIONS UNDER 2CC OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ORDINANCE, SECTION (III): DECLARATION AND DUE DILIGENCE CERTIFICATES AS PER ANNEXURE A, B AND C DECLARATION ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CEO OF THE ISSUER IN RESPECT OF THE PROSPECTUS DUE DILIGENCE CERTIFICATE BY ISSUE MANAGER DUE DILIGENCE CERTIFICATE BY THE UNDERWRITER SECTION (IV): ABOUT THE ISSUER a Particulars of the Company 24 b Name of the Sponsors and s 24 c Particulars of Auditor and Registrar to the Issue 25 d Name of the Stock Exchanges where the Securities to be listed 25 SECTION (V): CORPORATE DIRECTORY OF THE ISSUER 26 SECTION (VI): DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUER a Summary 27 b General Information c Capital Structure d Description of Business e Description of Property f Plan of Operation and Discussion of Financial Condition SECTION (VII): MANAGEMENT S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULT OF OPERATIONS a Overview of business and strategies b SWOT ANALYSIS 78 c Analysis of the financial statements of last five years with reason(s) of fluctuating revenue/sales, other income, total income, cost of material, finance cost, depreciation and amortization expense, other expense; changes of inventories, net profit before & after tax, EPS etc

8 VIII d Known trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that are likely to have an effect on the company s business e Trends or expected fluctuations in liquidity 79 f Off-balance sheet arrangements those have or likely to have a current or future effect on financial condition 79 SECTION (VIII): DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS a Name, Father s Name, age, Residential address, Educational qualification, experience and position of each director and nominated director with nomination period, organization name 80 b Date of first ship and Expiry of Current Tenure of the directors 81 c Name of Interest and Involvement in other business/organization of directors d Statement of if any s of the issuer are associated with the securities market in any manner and any director of the issuer company is also director of any issuer of other listed 84 securities during last three years with dividend payment history and market performance e Family relationship (father, mother, spouse, brother, sister, son, daughter, spouse s father, spouse s mother, spouse s brother, spouse s sister) among the directors and top five officers 84 f Brief description of other businesses of the directors g Short bio-data of each director h Loan status of the issuer, its directors and shareholders who hold 5% or more shares in the paid- 88 up capital of the issuer in terms of the CIB Report of Bangladesh Bank: i Name, position, educational qualification, age, date of joining in the company, overall experience (in year), previous employment, salary paid for the financial year of the Chief Executive Officer, Managing, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary, Advisers, Consultants and all Departmental Heads. If the Chairman, any director or any shareholder received any monthly salary than this information should also be included j Changes in the key management persons during the last three years k A profile of the sponsors including their names, father s names, age, personal addresses, educational qualifications, and experiences in the business, positions/posts held in the past directorship held, other ventures of each sponsor and present position l If the present directors are not the sponsors and control of the issuer was acquired within five years immediately preceding the date of filing prospectus details regarding the acquisition of 93 control, date of acquisition, terms of acquisition, consideration paid for such acquisition etc m If the sponsors/directors do not have experience in the proposed line of business, the fact explaining how the proposed activities would be carried out/managed 93 n Interest of the key management persons 93 o All interests and facilities enjoyed by a director, whether pecuniary or nonpecuniary p Number of shares held and percentage of shareholding (pre issue): 94 q Change in board of directors during last three years r s engagement with similar business 95 SECTION (IX): CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS SECTION (X): EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SECTION (XI): OPTIONS GRANTED TO DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 102 SECTION (XII): TRANSACTION WITH THE DIRECTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE

9 IX MEMORANDUM SECTION (XIII): OWNERSHIP OF THE COMPANY S SECURITY SECTION (XIV): CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SECTION (XV): VALUATION REPORT OF SECURITIES PREPARED BY THE ISSUE MANAGERS SECTION (XVI): DEBT SECURITIES 132 SECTION (XVII): PARTIES INVOLVED AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES 132 SECTION (XVIII): MATERIAL CONTRACTS 133 SECTION (XIX): OUTSTANDING LITIGATIONS, FINE OR PENALTY SECTION (XX): RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT S PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE RISKS SECTION (XXI): DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE SECTION (XXII): USE OF PROCEEDS SECTION (XXIII): LOCK-IN SECTION (XXIV): MARKETS FOR THE SECURITIES BEING OFFERED SECTION (XXV): DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OUTSTANDING OR BEING OFFERED SECTION (XXVI): FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SECTION (XXVII): PUBLIC ISSUE APPLICATION PROCEDURE

10 1 Section-I Executive Summary (a) ABOUT THE INDUSTRY Insurance is a form of risk management, used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. It involves the transfer of the risk of potential loss from one entity to another, in exchange for a risk premium. As a crucial component of the financial system In Bangladesh, during the 1970s, government-owned JBC and SBC were the only provider of life and general insurance coverage for individual and business properties. During that time insurance products were very few in number and the industry did not take innovative efforts for product development. In the country the first private insurance company was set up in Since then non-government insurers have shown rapid growth in terms of institutional set-up, policy design and business expansion. When non-government insurers gradually have gained the foothold in the country, real competition in the sector has begun. At present, there are 46 general (non-life) insurance and 31 life insurance companies are operating in Bangladesh which are inadequate to provide insurance services to about 160 million people and immense number of risk of different types. Insurance has the potential to expansion and make a significant overall impact on the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. The insurance companies of our country perform a wide range of activities such as service designing, preparing contract and policy, marketing and selling, underwriting, rating, reinsurance and other services and claim settlement. The two government owned insurance companies i.e. the Shadharan Bima Corporation and Jiban Bima Corporation get all the government insurance business by virtue of the Insurance Act of Bangladesh. Furthermore, these two corporations are also allowed to underwrite private businesses. In Bangladesh, Insurance industry functions under the Ministry of Finance and regulated by the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA). The Government has formed an autonomous body which came into being in November 1973 Bangladesh Insurance Academy (BIA) has been providing the national level insurance training & education in the country. (b) ABOUT THE ISSUER Express Insurance Limited (EIL) was incorporated in Bangladesh on March 30, 2000 under the Companies Act, 1994 as a public company limited by shares for carrying out all kinds of general insurance activities. EIL was granted Certificate of Commencement of Business on March 30, 2000 for general insurance business. The Authorized capital of the Company is Tk crore consisting of 75,000,000 ordinary shares of Tk.10 each. Since its establishment in 2000 as one of the leading general insurance companies in the private sector, the Company has within a short span of time established itself as one of the most reputed and trustworthy insurance companies in the country. Selective underwriting and prompt settlement of claims have contributed towards building up a very respectable image of the Company within the business community. The Company has 20 branches throughout the country.

11 2 A short profile of the Company is presented below: Particulars Status Date of incorporation (as a Public Limited Company) 30 March 2000 Date of Commencement of Business 30 March 2000 Date of permission of Insurance Business 18 May 2000 Authorized capital as on 31 December 2016 BDT 75,00,00,000 Paid up capital as on 31 December 2016 BDT 39,11,84,640 Corporate Office Address Registered Office Address Major services (c) FINANCIAL INFORMATION Al Razi Complex, , Shahid Sayed Nazrul Islam Sharani, Bijoynagar, Dhaka-1000 Al Razi Complex, , Shahid Sayed Nazrul Islam Sharani, Bijoynagar, Dhaka-1000 (i) Fire Insurance Business (ii) Marine Insurance Business (iii) Motor Insurance Business (iv) Miscellaneous Insurance Business Major financial information of Express Insurance Limited is as follows: Amount in Taka Sl.No. Particulars 31 Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Revenue 385,273, ,291, ,337, ,886, ,314,490 2 Under writing profit 57,482,512 67,017,499 96,474,148 84,283, ,816,339 3 Net profit before tax 74,264,330 86,505, ,789, ,976, ,961,176 4 Net profit after tax 49,264,330 56,505,360 85,789,736 85,476,602 85,961,176 5 Total assets 1,086965,242 1,032,439, ,862, ,385, ,780,232 6 No. of shares 39,118,464 39,118,464 32,598,720 32,598,720 29,106,000 7 Face value NAV Per share Earnings per share *Source: As per audited financial statements from 2012 to 2016

12 3 (d) FEATURES OF THE ISSUE AND ITS OBJECTS Size of the Issue Tk. 26,07,90,000 Offer Price Tk each at par Number of Share to be Issued 2,60,79,000 Purpose of Raising Fund Implementation Period Please see details in the section-xxii as titled of Use of proceeds of this prospectus within 45 days to 9 months (e) Legal and other information Express Insurance Limited was incorporated with Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) in Bangladesh on 30 March 2000 under the Companies Act, 1994 bearing registration no. C (1922)/2000 as a public Limited Company by shares and commenced its business operation from 18 May 2000 obtaining licenses from the then ate of the Controller of Insurance. (f) PROMOTER S BACKGROUND The subscribers to the memorandum of the Company were as follows: Sl. No. Name of the promoter Status 1 Mjr. General Monzur Rashid Khan (Rtd.) 2 Mr. Md. Shamsur Rahman 3 Mjr. M. Anisur Rahman (Rtd.) 4 Mr. Md. Abdul Awal 5 Mrs. Halima Harun 6 Mr. Mohd. Fuad Latif 7 Alhaj Mohd. Younus 8 Mr. Khalilur Rahman Choudhury 9 Mrs. Ayeasha Siddiquee 10 Mrs. Marium Akhter 11 Mr. Latiful Bari 12 Mr. Amir Hamza Sarker 13 Mr. Syed Al Farooque 14 Mr. Abdur Rashid Subscriber to the memorandum

13 4 Mjr. General Monzur Rashid Khan (Rtd.) Mjr. General Monzur Rashid Khan (Rtd.) was a high ranking officer in Bangladesh Army. He was capable to manage Company affairs very efficiently. He had great contribution to formation of Express Insurance Limited. He was one of the sponsor and first Chairman of the Company. Mr. Md. Shamsur Rahman Md. Shamsur Rahman he is a commerce graduate. He was a member of BCS cadre (Admi.) service. He left the service and started his business career in He is the Chairman of Bay Tanneries Unit-02 and the Chairman & Managing of Bay Tanneries Limited, Bay Rubber & Plastic Industries Limited, Bay Agro Industries Limited and Aziz Tannery Limited and Bay Economic Zone. Bay Tanneries Limited is a leading industry in leather sector of the country. He is a CIP of the country. For his valuable contribution in the economy he was elected CIP in 1998 and still holding the dignifying status. As a part of discharging of social responsibilities he established Shamsur Rahman Degree College and Samantasar High School at Goshairhat, Shariatpur. He is also patron and donor of a numbers of School, Madrasha, Mosque, Orphanage and other social organizations. Mjr. M. Anisur Rahman (Rtd.) Mjr. M. Anisur Rahman (Rtd.) is a retied Army personnel. He is capable to manage situation. He is associable with Bay group and is the Chairman of Bay Agro Industries Ltd. He was one of the Sponsor of Express Insurance Limited. He is a dynamic entrepreneur of the country and had great contribution to formation of Express Insurance Limited. Mr. Md. Abdul Awal Abdul Awal aged 38 years is one of the s of the Company. He is a Bachelor of Business Administration. He started his Business career soon after completing his education. In 2005 he started his share trading business house Synthia Securities Limited having a membership of Dhaka Stock Exchange. He is also a sponsor shareholder of Mercantile Bank Limited. Within short period of he become a successful businessman by dint of his hard labour, sincerity, honesty and amiable dealings. He is the member Secretary of Abdur Razzak & Mohammed Selim Foundation, a foundation engaged in social welfare activities. Mrs. Halima Harun Mrs. Halima Harun comes from a respectable Muslem family. She is presently of Chemitan Limited and Sponsor Shareholder of Exim Bank Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Fuad Latif Mr. Mohd. Fuad Latif is well educated man with amiable behavior. He is capable to manage Company affairs very efficiently. He was one of the sponsor s of the Company.

14 5 Alhaj Mohd. Younus Alhaj Mohammed Younus was one of the Sponsor s of Express Insurance Limited. He had great contribution to formation of Express Insurance Limited. Mr. Younus a reputed industrialist of the Country. Presently he is managing a group of Companies comprising more than 26 industrial units of which are Younus Plastic Inds. Ltd., Younus Filament Inds. Ltd., Sobhan Ice & Cold Storage Ltd., Younus Cold Storage Ltd., Younus Specialized Cold Storage Ltd., Siddheswari Cold Storage Ltd., Europa Cold Storage Ltd., Universal Paper & Board Mills Ltd., Younus Spinning Mills Ltd., Nowpara Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd., Garib-E-Newaz Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd., Combined Food & Cold Storage Ltd., Ananta Paper Mills Ltd., Younus Fine Paper Mills Ltd., Younus Offset Paper Mills Ltd., Younus Paper Mills Ltd., Sonali Paper & Board Mills Ltd., Younus Newsprint Mills Ltd., Sharif Cold Storage Ltd., Quality Accessories Ltd., A Kader & Sons Himagar Ltd., Wadud & Aysha Cold Store Ltd.. He is also one of the s of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd., Sonali Paper & Board Mills Ltd., Athena Venture & Equities Ltd. and NTV Mr. Younus is also reputed for contribution to the field of Education. He is one of the member of the Board of trustee of Fareast International University and the Chairman of World Bridge School. He is a man of pleasant personality and posses vast experience in the field of business and industrialization. He traveled many countries of the world in connection with business. Mr. Khalilur Rahman Choudhury Mr. Khalilur Rahman Choudhury is a commerce graduate. He also earned a diploma in Credit Management in 1962 from Institute of Credit Management, UK. In his long business career established eight Industry/business house and managing very successfully. He is the Chairman & Managing of Khalil Garments Limited, Khalil knitwear Limited, Khalil Fashion Limited, Khalil & Khalil Investment Limited, Ataia Trading Corporation Limited. He is the Proprietor of Al- Hera Filling Station, KRC CNG & Filling Station, KRC Filling Station and KRC Rubber Bagan. He was elected CIP for consecutive 5 times for his valuable contribution to the economy of the country. He is associated with many social organizations. He is the founder and donor of Khalil Bidda Niketan and Khalil Choudhury Girls Academy in his locality in Sylhet. He is also associated with many other welfare organizations. Mrs. Ayeasha Siddiquee Mrs. Ayeasha Siddiquee comes of a respectable and wealthy Muslim family. She was Sponsor of Jamuna Bank Ltd. Now she is sponsor share holder of Jamuna Bank Ltd. She was one of sponsor promoter of the Company. Mrs. Marium Akhter Mrs. Marium Akhter comes of a respectable Muslim Family. Mrs. Marium Akhter is associated with Karim Leathers Limited since 1983 as a of Kamtex Ltd. since Karim Leathers Limited is one of the mentionable leather industry in the country. Mr. Latiful Bari Mr. Latiful Bari is a Graduate in Business Administration from Bradford College, United States of America. He is the Managing s of Rahmat Fashion Wears Limited & the Chairman of Rahmat Knit Dying & Finishing Ltd.. He is the one of s of Rahmat Textiles Limited, China Plastic (BD) Limited & Rahmat Rotors Limited. He visited many countries of the world for business purpose. Mr. Amir Hamza Sarker Mr. Amir Hamza Sarker earned B.B.M degree from Cambridge College, Australia. He is the Chiarman of Rahmat Spinning Mills Limited, Chairman & Managing of Logos wear House

15 6 Sl.No. 1 Limited. Managing of Rahmat sweaters (BD) Limited, Belkuchi Spinning Mills Ltd., Logos Apparels Ltd., & Rahmat Plastice & Accessories Limited and the Proprietor of Logos Printing & Design. Mr. Syed Al Farooque Syed Al Farooque obtained M.A. with B.A (Hon s) from Dhaka University. He started business career in 1984 in RMG Sector. He is the Managing of Wills Group including Wills Garments Limited, Wills fashion Limited, Probal Garments Limited, Wills Properties Limited, Wills Fashionwear Limited, Probal Garments Limited, Evershine Fashions Limited. Triple Association Limited, Mizapur Resost Limited and Chalishnu Publication Limited. Apart from business activities he is a cultural personalities and well known poet in the country. He has more than 40 publications in his credit. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Insurance Association and playing a vital role in Insurance Industry. He visited many countries of the world for business purpose. Mr. Abdur Rashid Mr. Abdur Rashid was one of the Sponsor of the Company. He was a dynamic entrepreneur of the Country and had great contribution to formation of the Company. He was the founder Chairman & Managing of Gumti Textile Ltd. & Gumti Apparels Ltd. (g) CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF CAPITAL RAISING Authorized capital The Company has authorized capital of Tk.75,00,00,000 comprises of 7,50,00,000 nos. of Tk.10 per share. Paid-up capital At present the Company has Tk.39,11,84,640 paid up capital which comprises of 3,91,18,464 nos, of Tk.10 per share. The details of capital structure are given below: Already issued Particulars As per memorandum Allotment date No. of share Issue price 60,00, Class of securities Form of consideration Nominal price BDT Cash 6,00,00,000 2 Bonus share ,00, Bonus share 30,00,000 3 Bonus share ,56, Bonus share 75,60,000 Ordinary 4 Bonus share ,64, Bonus share 1,76,40,000 share 5 Bonus share ,05, Bonus share 2,20,50,000 6 Right share ,32,30, Cash 13,23,00,000 7 Bonus share ,51, Bonus share 4,85,10,000 8 Bonus share ,92, Bonus share 3,49,27,200 9 Bonus share ,19, Bonus share 6,51,97,440 Total issued & fully paid up capital as on 31 December ,11,84,640 Now, the Company is planning to issue 2,60,79,000 ordinary shares of Tk. 10 each totaling to Tk.26,07,90,000 through IPO and Post-IPO paid up capital shall stand Tk. 65,19,74,640 consisting of 6,51,97,464 ordinary shares of Tk. 10 each subject to approval of regulatory authorities.

16 7 (h) SUMMARY OF VALUATION REPORT OF SECURITIES The summary of valuation of share price of Express Insurance Limited is as follows: Sl. No. Method -01 Valuation Methods Net Asset Value (NAV) at historical or Current costs (With Revaluation Reserve) Net Asset Value (NAV) at historical or Current costs (Without Revaluation Reserve) Fair Value (BDT) Method -02 Historical Earnings based value per share Method-03 Yearly Average market price of Similar Stocks Method -04 P/BV Multiple of Similar Stocks Based Valuation 21.63

17 8 SECTION-II CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE CONSENT LETTER DISCLOSURE IN RESPECT OF ISSUANCE OF SECURITY IN DEMAT FORM: As per provision of the Depository Act, 1999 and regulation made there under, shares will be issued in dematerialized condition. All transfer/transmission/splitting will take place in the Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd. (CDBL) system and any further issuance of shares (rights/bonus) will be issued in dematerialized form only. CONDITIONS UNDER 2CC OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ORDINANCE, 1969: PART A 1. The Company shall go for Initial Public Offer (IPO) for 26,079,000 ordinary shares of Tk each at par totaling to Tk.260,790,000 following the Securities and Exchange Ordinance, 1969, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Public Issue) Rules, 2015, the Depository Act, 1999 and rules made there under. 2. The abridged version of the prospectus, as approved by the Commission, shall be published by the issuer in 4 (Four) national daily newspapers (two in Bangla and two in English), within 02 (two) working days of issuance of this consent letter. The issuer shall post the full prospectus, vetted by Commission, in the issuer s website and shall also put on the websites of the Commission, stock exchanges, and the issue manager, within 3 (three) working days from the date of issuance of this letter and shall remain posted till the closure of the subscription list. The issuer shall submit to the Commission, the stock exchanges and the issue manager a diskette containing the text of the vetted prospectus in MS -Word format. 3. The company shall submit 40 (Forty) copies of the printed prospectus to the Commission for official record within 5 (Five) working days from the date of publication of the abridged version of the prospectus in the newspaper. 4. The issuer company and the issue manager shall ensure transmission of the prospectus and its abridged version for NRBs through to the Bangladesh Embassies and Missions abroad within 5 (Five) working days from the date of publication of the abridged version of the prospectus in the newspaper. A compliance report shall be submitted in this respect to the Commission jointly by the issuer and the Issue Managers within 02 (Two) working days from the date of said transmission of the prospectus. 5. The following declaration shall be made by the company in the prospectus, namely: - Declaration about Listing of Shares with the stock exchange (s): None of the stock exchange(s), if for any reason, grants listing within 75 (Seventy Five) days from the closure of subscription, any allotment in terms of this prospectus shall be void and the company shall refund the subscription money within 15 (Fifteen) days from the date of refusal for listing by the stock exchanges, or from the date of expiry of the said 75 (Seventy Five) days, as the case may be. In case of non-refund of the subscription money within the aforesaid 15 (Fifteen) days, the s of the company, in addition to the issuer company, shall be collectively and severally liable for refund of the subscription money, with interest at the rate of 2% (two percent) above the bank rate, to the subscribers concerned.

18 9 The issue manager, in addition to the issuer company, shall ensure due compliance of the above mentioned conditions and shall submit compliance report thereon to the Commission within 07 (Seven) days of expiry of the aforesaid 15 (Fifteen) days time period allowed for refund of the subscription money. 6. All applicants shall apply for minimum market lot of 500 shares worth Taka 5,000/- (Taka five thousand only) or its multiples. 7. The IPO shall stand cancelled in case of under-subscription in any category above 35%. In such an event, the issuer and issue manger shall inform the Commission within 2 (two) working days and release the subscription money within 10 (ten) working days after receiving verification report from CDBL and the information from exchanges regarding subscription % of the securities reserved for general public shall be reserved for wzmö z`ª wewb qvmkvix. In case of under-subscription under any of sub-categories of eligible investor s category or general public category, the unsubscribed portion shall be added to other sub-category of the same category. In case of over subscription in the general public category, the issuer and the issue manager shall jointly conduct an open lottery. In case of over subscription in the eligible investor s category, securities shall be allotted on pro-rata basis. No eligible investors shall apply for more than 10% (ten percent) of the total securities reserved for the other eligible investors. 9. An applicant cannot submit more than two applications, one in his/her own name and the other jointly with another person. In case, an applicant submits more than two applications, all applications will be treated as invalid and will not be considered for allotment purpose. In addition, 15% (fifteen) of the application money will be forfeited by the Commission and the balance amount will be refunded to the applicant. 10. The applicants who have applied for more than two applications using same bank account, their application will not be considered for lottery and the Commission will forfeit 15% of their subscription money. 11. Making of any false statement in the application or supplying of incorrect information therein or suppressing any relevant information in the application shall make the application liable to rejection and subject to forfeiture of 25% of the application money and/or forfeiture of share (unit) before or after issuance of the same by the issuer. The said forfeited application money or share (unit) will be deposited in account of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC). This is in addition to any other penalties as may be provided for by the law. 12. The company shall furnish the list of allotees to the Commission and the stock exchange(s) simultaneously in which the shares will be listed, within 24 (Twenty Four) hours of allotment. 13. Shares not allotted at the time of according this consent, but allotted after listing, in favor of sponsors, directors or shareholders having 5% or more shares through stock dividends, shall be subject to a lock-in period of 02(two) years from the date of issuance of the prospectus. 14. If any share shares of Sponsors/s/Promoters is in paper format, it shall be handed over to securities custodian registered with the Commission and shall remain held till completion of lock-in period and the name of the securities custodian shall be furnished to the Commission jointly by the issuer and issue manager, along with a confirmation thereof from the custodian, within one week of listing of the shares with the stock exchange(s). Or they (shares of Sponsors/ s/ Promoters) can be demated and shall remain in lock-in under CDBL system and issuer shall submit a dematerialization confirmation report generated by CDBL and attested by Managing of the company along with the lock-in confirmation to the Commission within one week of listing of the shares with the stock exchange(s). In respect of shares other than Sponsors/s/Promoters the issuer will ensure their lock-in of those shares and submit a statement to this effect to the Commission.

19 The company shall not declare any dividend/bonus shares before listing of its capital with any Exchange from the date of this consent for raising of capital. 16. The company shall not engage itself into any merger/amalgamation or acquisition activities without taking No Objection from the Commission, on the scheme of the said merger/amalgamation or acquisition, as recommended by the Board of s, before approval by the shareholders in General Meeting. PART B Step-1 (Applicant) Application Process 1. An applicant for public issue of securities shall submit application/buy instruction to the Stockbroker/ Merchant Banker where the applicant maintains customer account, within the cutoff date (i.e. the subscription closing date), which shall be the 25th (twenty fifth) working day from the date of publication of abridged version of prospectus. 2. The application/buy instruction may be submitted in prescribed paper or electronic form, which shall contain the Customer ID, Name, BO Account Number, Number of Securities applied for, Total Amount and Category of the Applicant. At the same time: a) Other than non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicants shall make the application money and service charge available in respective customer account maintained with the Stockbroker/Merchant Banker. No margin facility, advance or deferred payment is permissible for this purpose. In case the application is made through a margin account, the application money shall be deposited separately and the Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall keep the amount segregated from the margin account, which shall be refundable to the applicant, if become unsuccessful. b) Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicants shall submit bank drafts (FDD), issued in favor of the Issuer for an amount equivalent to the application money, with their application to the concerned Stockbroker/Merchant Banker. A Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicant may also submit a single draft against 02(two) applications made by him/her, i.e. one in his/her own name and the other jointly with another person. The draft (FDD) shall be issued by the Bank where the applicant maintains NITA/Foreign Currency account debiting the same account. No banker shall issue more than two drafts from any NITA/Foreign Currency account for any public issue. At the same time, the applicant shall make the service charge available in respective customer account maintained with the Stockbroker/Merchant Banker. Step-2 (Intermediary) 3. The Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall maintain a separate bank account only for this purpose namely Public Issue Application Account. The Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall: a) post the amount separately in the customer account (other than NRB and Foreign applicants), and upon availability of fund, block the amount equivalent to the application money; b) accumulate all the application/buy instructions received up to the cut-off date, deposit the amount in the Public Issue Application Account maintained with its bank within the first banking hour of next working day of the cut-off date. In case of application submitted by the Stock-dealer or the Merchant Banker s own portfolio, the application amount should also be transferred to the Public Issue Application Account ;

20 11 c) instruct the banker to block the account for an amount equivalent to the aggregate application money and to issue a certificate in this regard. 4. Banker of the Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall block the account as requested for, issue a certificate confirming the same and handover it to the respective Stockbroker/Merchant Banker. 5. For Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicants, the Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall prepare a list containing the draft information against the respective applicant s particulars. 6. The Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall prepare category wise lists of the applicants containing Customer ID, Name, BO Account Number and Number of Securities applied for, and within 03 (three) working days from the cut-off date, send to the respective Exchange, the lists of applicants in electronic (text format with tilde ~ separator) format, the certificate(s) issued by its banker, the drafts received from Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicants and a copy of the list containing the draft information. 7. On the next working day, the Exchanges shall provide the Issuer with the information received from the Stockbroker/Merchant Bankers, the drafts submitted by Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) and Foreign applicants and the list containing the draft information. Exchanges shall verify and preserve the bankers certificates in their custody. 8. The application/buy instructions shall be preserved by the Stockbroker/Merchant Bankers up to 6 months from listing of the securities with exchange. Step-3 (Issuer) 9. The Issuer shall prepare consolidated list of the applications and send the applicants BOIDs in electronic (text) format in a CDROM to CDBL for verification. The Issuer shall post the consolidated list of applicants on its website and websites of the Exchanges. CDBL shall verify the BOIDs as to whether the BO accounts of the applicants are active or not. 10. On the next working day, CDBL shall provide the Issuer with an updated database of the applicants containing BO Account Number, Name, Addresses, Parents Name, Joint Account and Bank Account information along with the verification report. 11. After receiving verification report and information from CDBL, the Issuer shall scrutinize the applications, prepare category wise consolidated lists of valid and invalid applications and submit report of final status of subscription to the Commission and the Exchanges within 10 (ten) working days from the date of receiving information from the Exchanges. 12. The Issuer and the issue manager shall conduct category wise lottery with the valid applications within 03 (three) working days from the date of reporting to the Commission and the Exchanges, if do not receive any observation from the Commission or the Exchanges. 13. The Issuer and issue manager shall arrange posting the lottery result on their websites within 06 (six) hours and on the websites of the Commission and Exchanges within 12 (twelve) hours of lottery. 14. Within 02 (two) working days of conducting lottery, the Issuer shall: a) send category wise lists of the successful and unsuccessful applicants in electronic (text format with tilde ~ separator) format to the respective Exchange.

21 12 b) send category wise lists of unsuccessful applicants who are subject to penal provisions as per conditions of the Consent Letter issued by the Commission in electronic (text format with tilde ~ separator) format to the Commission and Exchanges mentioning the penalty amount against each applicant. c) issue allotment letters in the names of successful applicants in electronic format with digital signatures and send those to respective Exchange in electronic form. d) send consolidated allotment data (BOID and number of securities) in electronic text format in a CDROM to CDBL to credit the allotted shares to the respective BO accounts. Step-4 (Intermediary) 15. On the next working day, Exchanges shall distribute the information and allotment letters to the Stockbroker/Merchant Bankers concerned in electronic format and instruct them to: a) remit the amount of successful (other than NRB and Foreign) applicants to the Issuer s respective Escrow Account opened for subscription purpose, and unblock the amount of unsuccessful applicants; b) send the penalty amount of other than NRB and Foreign applicants who are subject to penal provisions to the Issuer s respective Escrow Accounts along with a list and unblock the balance application money; 16. On the next working day of receiving the documents from the Exchanges, the Stockbrokers/Merchant Banker shall request its banker to: a) release the amount blocked for unsuccessful (other than NRB and foreign) applicants; b) remit the aggregate amount of successful applicants and the penalty amount of unsuccessful applicants (other than NRB and foreign) who are subject to penal provisions to the respective Escrow accounts of the Issuer opened for subscription purpose. 17. On the next working day of receiving request from the Stockbrokers/Merchant Bankers, their bankers shall unblock the amount blocked in the account(s) and remit the amount as requested for to the Issuer s Escrow account. 18. Simultaneously, the stockbrokers/merchant Bankers shall release the application money blocked in the customer accounts; inform the successful applicants about allotment of securities and the unsuccessful applicants about releasing their blocked amounts and send documents to the Exchange evidencing details of the remittances made to the respective Escrow accounts of the Issuer. The unblocked amounts of unsuccessful applicants shall be placed as per their instructions. The Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall be entitled to recover the withdrawal charges, if any, from the applicant who wants to withdraw the application money, up to an amount of Tk (five) per withdrawal. 19. All drafts submitted by NRB or Foreign applicants shall be deposited in the Issuer s respective Escrow accounts and refund shall be made by the Issuer by refund warrants through concerned stockbroker or merchant banker or transfer to the applicant s bank account through banking channel within 10 (ten) working days from the date of lottery.

22 13 Miscellaneous: 20. The Issuer, Issue Manager(s), Stockbrokers and Merchant Bankers shall ensure compliance of the above. 21. The bank drafts (FDD) shall be issued considering TT Clean exchange rate of Sonali Bank Ltd. on the date of publication of abridged version of prospectus. 22. Amount deposited and blocked in the Public Issue Application Account shall not be withdrawn or transferred during the blocking period. Amount deposited by the applicants shall not be used by the Stockbrokers/Merchant Bankers for any purpose other than public issue application. 23. The Issuer shall pay the costs related to data transmission, if claimed by the Exchange concerned up to an amount of Tk.2,00, (taka two lac) for a public issue. 24. The Stockbroker/Merchant Bankers shall be entitled to a service charge of Tk.5.00 (taka five) only per application irrespective of the amount or category. The service charge shall be paid by the applicant at the time of submitting application. 25. The Stockbroker/Merchant Banker shall provide the Issuer with a statement of the remittance and drafts sent. 26. The Issuer shall accumulate the penalty amount recovered and send it to the Commission through a bank draft/payment order issued in favor of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. 27. The concerned Exchange are authorized to settle any complaints and take necessary actions against any Stockbroker/Merchant Banker in case of violation of any provision of the public issue application process with intimation to the Commission. PART C 1.The issue managers shall carefully examine and compare the published prospectus and its abridged version on the date of publication with the copies vetted by the Commission. If any discrepancy is found, both the issuer and the issue managers shall jointly publish a corrigendum immediately in the same newspapers concerned, simultaneously endorsing copies thereof to the Commission and the stock exchanges concerned. In this regard, the issue manager shall submit a compliance report to the Commission within 5 working days from the date of such publications. 2.The fund collected through Public Offering shall not be utilized prior to listing with Exchange(s) and that utilization of the said fund shall be effected through banking channel, i.e. through account payee cheque, pay order or bank drafts etc. 3.The company shall furnish status report on utilization of Public Offering proceeds audited by foreign affiliated auditors and authenticated by the board of directors to the Commission and the exchanges within 15 (Fifteen) days of the closing of each month until such fund is fully utilized, as mentioned in the schedule contained in the prospectus. The issuer shall simultaneously post the status report in its websites of the Exchanges. In the event of any irregularity or inconsistency, the Commission may employ or engage any person, at issuer s cost, to examine whether the issuer has utilized the proceeds for the purpose disclosed in the prospectus. 4. While auditing the utilization of IPO proceeds, the auditors will perform their jobs under the following terms of reference (TOR) and confirm the same in their report/certificate: