b. the amounts of the authorized and subscribed capital of the applicant, including the amounts
that have been paid in;
c. the name, nationality, permanent place of residence, and business or profession of every
administrator, together with a statement detailing the qualifications and professional experience and at
least three references for each administrator;
d. the name, nationality, permanent place of residence, and business or profession of every
owner of a qualifying holding, including the ultimate beneficial owner of such qualifying holding,
together with at least two references verifying good financial standing, and, in case the owner of a
qualifying holding is a body corporate, copies of
the latest three audited annual financial statements, including balance sheets and profit and loss accounts,
if applicable;
e. a list of shareholders and ultimate beneficial owners of shares stating the name, address and
respective shareholding, and, for registered shares, a copy of the shareholder register.
f. for each administrator and owner of a qualifying holding, including the ultimate beneficial
owner of such qualifying holding, an affidavit duly signed by the individual disclosing any convictions
for offenses by a criminal court, personal bankruptcy filings, disqualifications from practicing a
profession, or past or present involvement in a managerial function in a body corporate or other
undertaking subject to insolvency proceedings, if any (the standard text for such affidavit to be
determined by the CBI);
g. a business plan setting out the business objectives and types of activities envisaged for the
proposed bank, including a description of its organizational structure and internal control systems
(including adequate measures to counter money-laundering and terrorist financing as defined in the
Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2004 (AML)) together with projected balance sheets, profit and loss
accounts and cash flow statements for the next three full financial years;
h. a statement by an auditor indicating the auditor's undertaking to take on the external
auditing function pursuant to Article 46;
i. for the applicant and for each owner of a qualifying holding, including the ultimate
beneficial owner, as defined in the AML, of such qualifying holding, a list of undertakings in which
participations exist, specifying the size of such participations and the registered addresses of those
undertakings;
j. the location of the principal place of business and any other place in or outside Iraq where it
proposes to conduct banking business;
k. proof of payment of the application fee;
l. such other information as the CBI may require for the purpose of the application; and
m. in any case where the applicant is a subsidiary of a foreign bank or bank holding company,
a statement that the foreign supervisory authority responsible for the prudential supervision of the
applicant in the country of formation of the foreign bank or bank holding company has no objection to the
proposed establishment of operations in Iraq, and exercises comprehensive consolidated supervision over
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