EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A.
Decisions of the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders
Pursuant to article 278 of the Athens Stock Exchange Regulation, EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. announces that the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of its Shareholders, held on April 24th, 2008, with 91 shareholders present, in person or through representation, representing 99.604.867 shares, of a total of 132.391.468 shares, i.e. 75,235 % of the paid up share capital, adopted the following resolutions:
1. Approved, the Annual Financial Statements for the financial year 2007 and decided not to distribute a dividend during the above-mentioned financial year.
2. Discharged the Members of the Bank?s Board of Directors and the Auditors of Emporiki Bank from any liability for indemnity regarding the annual financial statements for the year 2007.
3. Approved the remunerations of the members of the Bank s Board of Directors for the financial year 2007 and pre-approved their remunerations for the year 2008.
4. Approved the remunerations of the members of the Board of Directors who are also members of the Audit Committee for the financial year 2007 and pre-approved their remunerations for the year 2008.
5. Elected auditors for the audit of the annual financial statements of the Bank and its Group of Companies for the year 2008 from certified auditors PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. The Regular and Substitute Auditors appointed are as follows: Ordinary Auditor: Konstantinos Mihalatos, son of Ioannis. Substitute Auditor: Dimitrios Sourbis, son of Andreas.
6. Approved the granting of permission, pursuant to article 23 par. 1 of C.L. 2190/1920, to the members of the Board of Directors and to the Managers of the Bank, to participate to Boards of Directors or in the Management of the Group?s companies pursuing similar or related business goals.
7. Ratified the election of new members to the Board of Directors in replacement of those members who have resigned. In particular:
The election of Mr. Panagiotis Zafeiropoulos, son of Dionysios, to replace the resigned Mr. Spyridon Lorentziadis, son of Loudovikos-Louis.
The election of Mr. Charalampos David, son of Georgios, to replace the resigned Mr. Panagiotis Tsakos, son of Nikolaos.
8. Approved, pursuant to art. 23a C.L. 2190/1920, the contracts made between CASA Group and the Bank?s Group, and in particular, the contract of transferring 51% of EMPORIKI CAR RENT AND LEASING COMMERCIAL S.A. (EMPORIKI RENT) from Emporiki Bank of Greece S.A. to the Group?s company EMPORIKI CREDICOM BANK S.A.
9. Approved the amendment of the articles 1 up to 44 of the Bank s Articles of Association in order for them to be aligned with Law 3604/2007. It also approved more general amendments, reformulations, deletions of articles and Codification of the Bank?s Articles of Association.
10. Other issues - Announcements
There were no other issues discussed and nor any announcements made.
1. Approved, the Annual Financial Statements for the financial year 2007 and decided not to distribute a dividend during the above-mentioned financial year.
2. Discharged the Members of the Bank?s Board of Directors and the Auditors of Emporiki Bank from any liability for indemnity regarding the annual financial statements for the year 2007.
3. Approved the remunerations of the members of the Bank s Board of Directors for the financial year 2007 and pre-approved their remunerations for the year 2008.
4. Approved the remunerations of the members of the Board of Directors who are also members of the Audit Committee for the financial year 2007 and pre-approved their remunerations for the year 2008.
5. Elected auditors for the audit of the annual financial statements of the Bank and its Group of Companies for the year 2008 from certified auditors PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. The Regular and Substitute Auditors appointed are as follows: Ordinary Auditor: Konstantinos Mihalatos, son of Ioannis. Substitute Auditor: Dimitrios Sourbis, son of Andreas.
6. Approved the granting of permission, pursuant to article 23 par. 1 of C.L. 2190/1920, to the members of the Board of Directors and to the Managers of the Bank, to participate to Boards of Directors or in the Management of the Group?s companies pursuing similar or related business goals.
7. Ratified the election of new members to the Board of Directors in replacement of those members who have resigned. In particular:
The election of Mr. Panagiotis Zafeiropoulos, son of Dionysios, to replace the resigned Mr. Spyridon Lorentziadis, son of Loudovikos-Louis.
The election of Mr. Charalampos David, son of Georgios, to replace the resigned Mr. Panagiotis Tsakos, son of Nikolaos.
8. Approved, pursuant to art. 23a C.L. 2190/1920, the contracts made between CASA Group and the Bank?s Group, and in particular, the contract of transferring 51% of EMPORIKI CAR RENT AND LEASING COMMERCIAL S.A. (EMPORIKI RENT) from Emporiki Bank of Greece S.A. to the Group?s company EMPORIKI CREDICOM BANK S.A.
9. Approved the amendment of the articles 1 up to 44 of the Bank s Articles of Association in order for them to be aligned with Law 3604/2007. It also approved more general amendments, reformulations, deletions of articles and Codification of the Bank?s Articles of Association.
10. Other issues - Announcements
There were no other issues discussed and nor any announcements made.