PSX Suspends Trading in HBLTFC2 From Sept 18 for Profit Payment.

September 17, 2026

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The Pakistan Stock Exchange suspends trading in Habib Bank's HBLTFC2 from September 18 to September 26, 2026, for its scheduled profit payment. The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has announced the temporary suspension of trading in Habib Bank Limited’s Term Finance Certificate (HBLTFC2), effective from September 18, 2026. The suspension is part of the standard corporate procedure required for the instrument's twenty-eighth profit payment and book closure process. According to official notices, the transfer books for HBLTFC2 will remain closed from September 20 to September 26, 2026 (both days inclusive). Because September 26 falls on a non-business day, the profit entitlement will be processed and disbursed on the first following business day, Monday, September 28, 2026. Trading in HBLTFC2 is scheduled to resume normally on the same day. Certificate holders as of the close of business on Friday, September 18, 2026, remain eligible for the profit distribution.

Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX) has announced the suspension of trading in Habib Bank Limited’s Term Finance Certificate (HBLTFC2) in connection with the upcoming profit payment.

According to a PSX notice issued in September 2026, Habib Bank Limited has announced a book closure period from September 20 to September 26, 2026, for the profit payment of HBLTFC2.

Because September 26 falls on a non-business day, the twenty-eighth profit payment will officially be disbursed on the next business day, Monday, September 28, 2026, in accordance with the trust deed.

In view of the book closure, trading in the TFC remains suspended from September 18 to September 26, 2026. Trading in HBLTFC2 is scheduled to resume on September 28, 2026.

The suspension is a standard, scheduled procedure associated with the TFC’s profit payment and book closure process. Certificate holders whose names appear in the register as of the close of business on Friday, September 18, 2026, are entitled to the profit payment.

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