ΑΓΡΟΤΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Α.Ε.
Invitation to the Bank's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on January 12th, 2009
Pursuant to the provisions for Societes Anonymes (Companies' Act 2190/1920) as in force, and of Law 2396/96 for dematerialized shares, and the Bank's Articles of Association (Article 11) in combination to article 25 of Law 2190/1920 and the Board of Directors' resolution dated December 8th, 2008, the Shareholders of Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A. (A.B.G.), with registered office at 23, Panepistimiou Str., Athens, Greece, are invited to the Bank's Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 13:00 (Athens), on Monday 12th of January 2009, at 154, El. Venizelou & Antigonis str., Nea Erithrea ( ABG's Training Centre), with the following agenda:
1. Increase of the Bank's share capital up to the amount of 700,000,000 euros with the issuance of preferred shares, according to article 1 of law on the "Reinforcement of the economy's cash flow in order to face the consequences of the international monetary and financial crisis and other provisions".
2. Amendment of Articles 6, 8 and 10 of the Bank's Articles of Association and forming of the Articles of Association into a single text.
3. Other Issues - Announcements.
Shareholders wishing to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting should submit the relevant certification, issued by the Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding, and supplied to them by their Securities Account Operators, to the Bank (network branches or the Shareholders Department), at least five (5) days before the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting.
In case of Shareholders wishing to be represented by proxy, their representation documents should also be submitted to the Bank by the above deadline.
Shareholders who are legal entities are further required to submit their legalization documents to the Bank, according to the law, within the same time limits as above, unless they have already submitted them to an ABG's Unit. In that case they just need to specify in their proxy the ABG's Unit at which their documents are held.
For their convenience, Shareholders wishing to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting are also offered the option to authorize the Bank to block their shares on their behalf, in which case they are requested to contact the Shareholders Department (Tel. +30 2103298400/645/613 and Fax. +30 210 3298 322/386).
1. Increase of the Bank's share capital up to the amount of 700,000,000 euros with the issuance of preferred shares, according to article 1 of law on the "Reinforcement of the economy's cash flow in order to face the consequences of the international monetary and financial crisis and other provisions".
2. Amendment of Articles 6, 8 and 10 of the Bank's Articles of Association and forming of the Articles of Association into a single text.
3. Other Issues - Announcements.
Shareholders wishing to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting should submit the relevant certification, issued by the Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding, and supplied to them by their Securities Account Operators, to the Bank (network branches or the Shareholders Department), at least five (5) days before the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting.
In case of Shareholders wishing to be represented by proxy, their representation documents should also be submitted to the Bank by the above deadline.
Shareholders who are legal entities are further required to submit their legalization documents to the Bank, according to the law, within the same time limits as above, unless they have already submitted them to an ABG's Unit. In that case they just need to specify in their proxy the ABG's Unit at which their documents are held.
For their convenience, Shareholders wishing to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting are also offered the option to authorize the Bank to block their shares on their behalf, in which case they are requested to contact the Shareholders Department (Tel. +30 2103298400/645/613 and Fax. +30 210 3298 322/386).