ATEbank announces that its Annual Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting was held on May 15, 2009. Present at the Bank's General Meeting were 39 Shareholders (in person or by proxy) representing a total of 704,889,237 shares i.e. 77.85 % of the Bank's paid up share capital, and adopted the following resolutions:
1. Approved the Board of Directors' Report on the annual financial statements for the year 2008.
2. Approved the annual financial statements and the Auditors' Report for the year 2008 and decided not to distribute dividends for the year 2008 in the form of shares.
3. Approved the consolidated annual financial statements of ATEbank's Group of companies and the Auditors' Report for the financial year 2008.
4. Approved the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the Auditors from any liability for the year 2008.
5. Elected the audit firm KPMG Certified Auditors S.A. for the purpose of auditing the Bank's financial statements and the Group of companies' consolidated financial statements for the year 2009.
6. Approved the remuneration received by the Chairman, Vice Chairmen and members of the Bank's Board of Directors for the year 2008 and pre-approved their remuneration for the year 2009.
7. Appointed Mr S. Revithis, Mr D.Karnavos and Mr I.Tsagarakis as members of the Audit Committee, approved the remuneration received by its members for the year 2008 and pre-approved it for the year 2009.
8. Ratified the election of Mr N. Baltas as a new member of the Board of Directors in replacement of the resigned member Mr P. Drosos.
9. Approved the permission to the members of the BoD and Bank's executives to participate in the B.o.D. or in the management of ATEbank's Group of companies or in companies pursuing similar or related goals.
10. Approved the renewal of the insurance contract between ATEbank and Agrotiki Insurance covering the members of the BoD and the administrative executives on liabilities against third parties.