Kuwait Az-Zour North IWPP Phase 2 Expression of Interest The State of Kuwait, through the Partnership Technical Bureau ("PTB") and in collaboration with the Ministry of Electricity and Water, is in the process of executing the second Independent Water and Power Producer (“IWPP”) project (the "Project") located at Az-Zour North as part of the State development plan and to meet the increasing demand for electricity and water. It is expected that the plant will have a guaranteed capacity of at least 1500 MW and 100 MIGD of desalinated water. The project will be tendered in accordance with the laws of Kuwait in particular law 39/2010 and its amendments, ensuring the principles of openness and transparency. The Project will benefit from an off-take agreement between the Project Company incorporated according to law 39/2010 and its amendments and the Ministry of Electricity and Water for a term up to forty years on a Build-Own-Transfer basis. Interested parties are requested to send an email and a formal letter to PTB expressing their interest in the Project no later than 12:00 pm Kuwait Time on Thursday the 27th of June 2013 at the following address: Touristic Enterprises Company Building Second Floor Al-Shuwaikh Administrative Zone Al-Jahra Street azn2@ptb.gov.kw Further details can be obtained from visiting the project page on PTB’s website at the following address: www.ptb.gov.kw This announcement shall not commit, nor bind the PTB whatsoever in having to proceed to the next stage or award a contract. The PTB reserves the complete right to at any time disregard all responses and terminate the competitive selection process and proceed with the Project in some other manner or not at all, with no liability whatsoever.