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The Central Bank of Kuwait has issued a directive prohibiting financial institutions from accepting mortgages over buildings constructed on state-owned land as qualifying collateral. This regulatory intervention closes a market practice gap and carries significant implications for project finance structures, particularly affecting lenders who had previously accepted such security arrangements outside the PPP framework.

Any sale of shares of a company listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange ("KSE") amounting to 5% or more of the company’s share capital must follow Kuwait’s procedures for block trading as well as disclose such a transfer to the KSE.