April 23, 2008 FID Circular No. 008-2008 General Manager

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April 23, 2008 FID Circular No. 008-2008 General Manager Panama City Ref.: Institutions named by international organizations Dear General Manager: For the relevant purposes, this Superintendency hereby informs you that international organizations have issued warning signals against the institutions listed below: Agricultural Bank (a.k.a. Bank Keshavarzi) Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Iran (a.k.a. Bank Taavon Keshavarzi Iran) Agricultural Development Bank of Iran (a.k.a. Bank Josiaiyi Keshahvarzi) Arian Bank (a.k.a. Aryan Bank) Banco Internacional de Desarrollo S.A. Bank Kargoshaee Bank Maskan (a.k.a. Housing Bank (of Iran)) Bank Mellat Bank Melli Iran Bank Melli Iran Zao Bank of Industry and Mine (of Iran) (a.k.a. Bank Sanad Va Madan) Bank Refah (f.k.a. Workers Welfare Bank, f.k.a. Bank Refah Kargaran) Bank Saderat Iran Bank Saderat Bank Saderat plc Bank Saderat Tashkent Bank Sepah Bank Sepah International plc Bank Tejarat The Central Bank of Iran (a.k.a. Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran) Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG (f.k.a. Deutsch-Iranische Handelsbank AG) Export Development Bank of Iran (a.k.a. Bank Towseh Saderat Iran) Future Bank B.S.C. Page 2 of 2 Circular No. 019-2008 Iran Overseas Investment Bank plc (a.k.a. Iran Overseas Investment Corporation Limited) Kargozari Bank Tejarat Mellat Bank DB Aozt (a.k.a Mellat Bank S/B CJSC) Mellat Bank S/B CJSC (a.k.a. Mellat Bank DB Aozt) Melli Bank plc Persia International Bank plc Additionally, the following Iranian-owned private financial institutions were included: Bank Pasargad EN Bank PJSC (a.k.a. Eghtesad-E-Novin Bank) Karafarin Bank Parsian Bank Post Bank of Iran Saman Bank Corporation Bank Sarmaye We are grateful to the Manager for giving the staff under his charge the corresponding instructions for the disclosure of the mentioned publication. Without anything else in particular, we undersign. Attentively, Olegario Barrelier Superintendent /me.

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