To the Shareholders of
Bank of Sharjah P.J.S.C.
Sharjah, U.A.E.

Report on the consolidated financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Bank of Sharjah P.J.S.C and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Bank”), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2009, and the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes.

Management’s responsibility for the consolidated financial statements

Management of the Bank is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditor’s responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Bank’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Bank as of 31 December 2009, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

As disclosed in note 21 to the consolidated financial statements, the Board of Directors amended their recommendation regarding the proposed cash dividends and accordingly, the previously issued consolidated financial statements on 31 January 2010 were recalled.

Report on other legal and regulatory requirements

Also, in our opinion, proper books of account are maintained by the Bank, and the information included in the Report of the Board of Directors is in agreement with the books of account. We have obtained all the information and explanations which we considered necessary for the purpose of our audit. According to the information available to us, there were no contraventions of the U.A.E. Federal Commercial Companies Law No. (8) of 1984 (as amended) or the Articles of  Association of the Bank which might have a material effect on the financial position of the Bank or its financial performance.

Deloitte & Touche

Saba Y. Sindaha
Registration Number 410
17 February 2010