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              Expanding New Ventures
            
            
              By expanding its operations through
            
            
              newly established ventures in Libya and
            
            
              Algeria, GB Auto is replicating the proven
            
            
              strategies used in Egypt and Iraq. As the
            
            
              company develops its presence in Libya
            
            
              and Algeria, we are actively working to
            
            
              extend our industry-leading vertically in-
            
            
              tegrated sales, finance and after-sales sup-
            
            
              port functions, as well as our unmatched
            
            
              distribution network and product offering
            
            
              to these core North African markets.
            
            
              Growing our Product Portfolio
            
            
              GB Auto is also looking to expand its
            
            
              product reach across all countries of op-
            
            
              eration with new brand representations
            
            
              and a wider product portfolio. GB Auto
            
            
              remains the clear partner of choice for
            
            
              any OEM (original equipment manu-
            
            
              facturer) and we expect our positive
            
            
              reputation to help us grow our relation-
            
            
              ship with current partners as well as
            
            
              enter into new arrangements with other
            
            
              leading global brands.
            
            
              Targeting High-Growth Markets
            
            
              Going forward, GB Auto will continue to
            
            
              expand into new high-growth markets,
            
            
              with the ongoing support of strong,
            
            
              sustainable growth in Egypt and Iraq.
            
            
              One of our consistent strengths as a
            
            
              company is our ability to identify and
            
            
              capitalize on potential for growth. As we
            
            
              move forward with the next step of our
            
            
              regional expansion, we plan to focus on
            
            
              the opportunity-rich region of Sub-
            
            
              Saharan Africa.
            
            
              These activities are part of a three-axis
            
            
              strategy to maximize growth by:
            
            
              Expanding New Ventures
            
            
              Targeting High-Growth Markets
            
            
              Growing our Product Portfolio