Al Salamis a holding company established in1997 and listed on the Kuwait stock exchange during 2005. The main activities of the company are owning stocks and shares in Kuwait or non-Kuwaiti companies. The company actively acquires and runs others through subsidiaries while financing companies in which it owns 20% or more of the capital. The market cap of the company is approx. £40m while is has a total value of holdings in excess of £1bn. The company is listed on the Kuwait, Dubai and Egyptian stock exchange.