The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is held on first convocation regardless of the number of shareholders present in person or represented by a proxy..
The Extraordinary General Meeting may validly deliberate if the shareholders present or represented hold 50% of the shares. If a quorum is not achieved, the shareholders will meet on second convocation and no quorum will be required to hold the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Information prior to General Meetings
Dexia shareholders are informed of the date, the time and the place of meetings, the terms of participation and the resolutions to be voted upon by publication of a legal notice in the Moniteur belge, as well as in the financial press in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Balo in France (official bulletin for legal announcements) and press release.
Registered shareholders receive a convocation brochure for General Meetings by post.
The right of shareholders to participate in the Shareholders’ Meetings and to exercise their voting right is subject to the number of shares held on the Record Date, for which they intend to participate at the Shareholders’ Meeting, no matter of the number of shares held at the day of the General Meetings.
The Record Date of the General Meetings of Wednesday 9 May 2012, is fixed on Wednesday 25 April 2012 at midnight (Belgian time).
The shareholders must explicitly confirm no later than 4 pm on Thursday 3 May 2012, that they wish to participate in such meetings.