The issuance of the new shares was one billion shares at a price of 1 US $ per share plus a premium of $ 0.11 US per share. In January 2010, the Extraordinary General Meeting approved the increase of the capital of the corporation from $ 2.00 billion to $ 3.11 billion through issuance of priority shares to existing shareholders of the corporation. In December 2010, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) acquired 17.72% of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), which raises the Central Bank of Libya's contribution to the corporation to 59.377% of the total shares of Arab Banking Corporation (ABC).