CORPORATE BRIEFS

PRIME BANK
Trading of the bank's shares will be allowed only on the spot market and block/odd lot transactions will also be settled as per a spot settlement cycle from March 7 to March 9. Trading will remain suspended on the record date (March 10). The bank said the next record date for entitlement of the proposed rights share will be notified later after obtaining approval from SEC.
AL-ARAFAH ISLAMI BANK
The normal trading of the bank's shares resumes on March 7 after the record date for its extraordinary general meeting.
BEACH HATCHERY
The company's normal trading resumes on March 7 after the record date for the annual general meeting and extraordinary general meeting. The company also said the next record date for entitlement of the proposed right share will be notified later after obtaining approval from SEC.
OCEAN CONTAINERS
Unaudited half-yearly accounts as on June 30, 2009, the company has reported profit of Tk 48.35 million with earnings per share of Tk 2.03 as against Tk 49.33 million and Tk 2.07 (restated) respectively of the same period a year ago. All eligible institutional investors who were allotted the shares of the company through the book building system that there will be lock-in for 15 trading days from the first trading day on March 4 on the security of the company issued to the eligible institutional investors.