Approvals for New Companies

Item	Jan. - Dec. 2006	Jan. - Dec. 2007
Number of established trust companies (Company)	4595	7562
Issued capital for established trust companies (L.E.bn.)	28.90	28.81
Increases in the issued capital for established trust companies (LE bn.)	44.50	54.54

Source: General Authority for Investment (GAFI)

Item	Jan. - Dec. 2006	Jan. - Dec. 2007
Number of individual companies registered at commercial register (Company)*	10653	11477
Issued capital of individual companies registered at commercial register (L.E.mn.)*	1319.7	2107.7

Source: Commercial Register Authority