PIRAEUS FINANCIAL HOLDINGS S.A.
Invitationn to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
The Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank, during its session on 10/12/2008, decided to call an Extraordinary General Meeting that will take place on Friday, 23 January 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Athens, at the Pacific of Athens Plaza Hotel (2, Vas. Georgiou Α, Athens).
Please find here below the invitation to the Extraordinary General Meeting:
INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF PIRAEUS BANK (Reg. No. 6065/06/Β/86/04)
The Shareholders are hereby invited in accordance with the law and the Bank's Articles of Association to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, to be held on Friday, 23 January 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Athens, at the Pacific of Athens Plaza Hotel (2, Vas. Georgiou Α, Athens).
If the required quorum is not achieved, the Shareholders are hereby invited to attend the:
1st Iterative General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 10 a.m., at the Golden Room of Grande Bretagne Hotel (1, Vas. Georgiou A, Athens).
The only item on the Meeting's agenda is as follows:
- Share capital increase by the amount of euro 370 million, with the issuance of 77,568,134 preferred shares of a nominal value of euro 4.77 each and cancellation of the preemptive right of existing shareholders in favor of the Greek State in accordance with the provisions of law 3723/2008 re "providing enhanced liquidity to the economy to address the consequences of the international financial crisis" and relevant authorisations to the Board of Directors. Modifications of articles 5 and 27 of the Bank's Articles of Association.
All shareholders of the Bank have the right to attend and vote in the General Meeting, either in person or by proxy, by signing the relevant proxy statement which is available on the corporate website (www.piraeusbank.gr) and in Piraeus Bank's branches. Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting must, through their Operator in the Dematerialised Securities System, block all or part of the shares they hold and submit to the Bank (Shareholder Relations Department, 4 Aristidou, 4th floor, 105 59 Athens) the relevant share blocking certificate along with any authorisation documents at least five (5) days prior to the General Meeting. In case of absence of an Operator and the shares are registered in a Special Account, the share blocking certificate shall be issued by the Hellenic Exchanges Holding S.A.
Please find here below the invitation to the Extraordinary General Meeting:
INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF PIRAEUS BANK (Reg. No. 6065/06/Β/86/04)
The Shareholders are hereby invited in accordance with the law and the Bank's Articles of Association to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, to be held on Friday, 23 January 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Athens, at the Pacific of Athens Plaza Hotel (2, Vas. Georgiou Α, Athens).
If the required quorum is not achieved, the Shareholders are hereby invited to attend the:
1st Iterative General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 10 a.m., at the Golden Room of Grande Bretagne Hotel (1, Vas. Georgiou A, Athens).
The only item on the Meeting's agenda is as follows:
- Share capital increase by the amount of euro 370 million, with the issuance of 77,568,134 preferred shares of a nominal value of euro 4.77 each and cancellation of the preemptive right of existing shareholders in favor of the Greek State in accordance with the provisions of law 3723/2008 re "providing enhanced liquidity to the economy to address the consequences of the international financial crisis" and relevant authorisations to the Board of Directors. Modifications of articles 5 and 27 of the Bank's Articles of Association.
All shareholders of the Bank have the right to attend and vote in the General Meeting, either in person or by proxy, by signing the relevant proxy statement which is available on the corporate website (www.piraeusbank.gr) and in Piraeus Bank's branches. Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting must, through their Operator in the Dematerialised Securities System, block all or part of the shares they hold and submit to the Bank (Shareholder Relations Department, 4 Aristidou, 4th floor, 105 59 Athens) the relevant share blocking certificate along with any authorisation documents at least five (5) days prior to the General Meeting. In case of absence of an Operator and the shares are registered in a Special Account, the share blocking certificate shall be issued by the Hellenic Exchanges Holding S.A.