NAT. BANK OF GREECE SA
INVITATION TO THE BANK'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 22/1/2009
Pursuant to the provisions of Companies? Act 2190/1920 (the Companies Act), Law 3723/2008, Law 2396/96 on dematerialized shares, and article 11 of the Bank's Articles of Association and Board of Directors' resolution dated 7 January 2009, the Shareholders of National Bank of Greece S.A., with registered office at Aiolou 86, Athens, Greece, are invited to the Bank?s Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 12 noon on Thursday, 22nd January 2009, at Aiolou 93 (Megaro Mela), Athens.
AGENDA
1. Increase in the Bank's share capital by euro 350,000,000 through the issue of non-voting preference shares as per the provisions of L.3723/2008 "on the enhancement of liquidity in the Greek economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis", and abolition of pre-emptive rights of current shareholders.
2. Amendment to articles 4 (on share capital) and 18 (on the Board of Directors) of the Bank's Articles of Association and addition of a transitional provision for the implementation of the said law.
3. Provision of relevant authorizations.
4. Announcements and approvals.
All of the Bank's shareholders are entitled to participate in the General Meeting and to vote in person or by proxy. Each share entitles its holder to one vote. According to the law and the Bank's Articles of Association, Shareholders who wish to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting in person or by proxy are requested to proceed as follows:
1. Shareholders of dematerialized shares not held in the Special Securities Account (SSA) with the Central Securities Depository S.A. (CSD) should have their shares blocked, in all or in part, via their Securities Account Operators and submit the relevant certificate, issued by the CSD and supplied to them by their Securities Account Operators, to the Bank (Head Office, network branches or the Shareholders Department at Aiolou 93, Athens) at least 5 days before the date of the General Meeting (i.e. by Friday, 16 January 2009).
2. Shareholders of dematerialized shares held in the SSA with the CSD should have their shares blocked, in all or in part, by written declaration to the CSD, and submit the relevant certificate issued and delivered to them by the CSD to the Bank (Head Office, network branches or the Shareholders Department at Aiolou 93, Athens) at least 5 days before the date of the General Meeting (i.e. by Friday, 16 January 2009).
Shareholders that are legal entities are further required by law to submit their legalization documents to the Bank within the same deadline, as above, unless they have already supplied them to an NBG Unit, in which case they need only specify in their proxy the NBG Unit with which their documents are held.
Similarly, shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting by proxy should deliver their proxy documents to the Bank by Friday, 16 January 2009.
For their convenience, Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting may authorize the Bank to block their shares on their behalf (Shareholders Department contact tel. +30 210-3343414/16/21/26/28/60/94, and fax +30 210-3343404/06/10).
AGENDA
1. Increase in the Bank's share capital by euro 350,000,000 through the issue of non-voting preference shares as per the provisions of L.3723/2008 "on the enhancement of liquidity in the Greek economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis", and abolition of pre-emptive rights of current shareholders.
2. Amendment to articles 4 (on share capital) and 18 (on the Board of Directors) of the Bank's Articles of Association and addition of a transitional provision for the implementation of the said law.
3. Provision of relevant authorizations.
4. Announcements and approvals.
All of the Bank's shareholders are entitled to participate in the General Meeting and to vote in person or by proxy. Each share entitles its holder to one vote. According to the law and the Bank's Articles of Association, Shareholders who wish to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting in person or by proxy are requested to proceed as follows:
1. Shareholders of dematerialized shares not held in the Special Securities Account (SSA) with the Central Securities Depository S.A. (CSD) should have their shares blocked, in all or in part, via their Securities Account Operators and submit the relevant certificate, issued by the CSD and supplied to them by their Securities Account Operators, to the Bank (Head Office, network branches or the Shareholders Department at Aiolou 93, Athens) at least 5 days before the date of the General Meeting (i.e. by Friday, 16 January 2009).
2. Shareholders of dematerialized shares held in the SSA with the CSD should have their shares blocked, in all or in part, by written declaration to the CSD, and submit the relevant certificate issued and delivered to them by the CSD to the Bank (Head Office, network branches or the Shareholders Department at Aiolou 93, Athens) at least 5 days before the date of the General Meeting (i.e. by Friday, 16 January 2009).
Shareholders that are legal entities are further required by law to submit their legalization documents to the Bank within the same deadline, as above, unless they have already supplied them to an NBG Unit, in which case they need only specify in their proxy the NBG Unit with which their documents are held.
Similarly, shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting by proxy should deliver their proxy documents to the Bank by Friday, 16 January 2009.
For their convenience, Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting may authorize the Bank to block their shares on their behalf (Shareholders Department contact tel. +30 210-3343414/16/21/26/28/60/94, and fax +30 210-3343404/06/10).