Fortis shareholders to vote on 6 August on proposed offer for ABN AMRO and capital increase

 

 

Fortis intends to partly finance its participation in the offer consideration by raising up to EUR 15 billion of new equity via a rights issue. By means of this rights issue Fortis will offer its shareholders the opportunity  to buy new Fortis shares in proportion to their existing holdings. Since these new shares will be offered at a discount to the market price, the subscription rights have a value in themselves and can be traded separately. Moreover, the holdings of those shareholders who take up their rights will not be diluted.

 

The Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders will therefore vote on the following items:

 

 

Fortis will hold the Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders in Brussels at 9.15am CET (Fortis SA/NV) and in Utrecht at 3pm CET (Fortis N.V.).

 

A detailed agenda and relevant documents will be published on 2 and 13 July at www.fortis.com.

 

Since experience in recent years indicates that the quorum of 50% of the issued and outstanding capital - which is required to amend the articles of association in order to allow an increase in the authorised capital - will not be reached at the first EGM of 26 July (EGM I), Fortis is convening a second meeting (EGM II) at which this 50% quorum will no longer be required, but at which a resolution in this respect will need to be passed with a 75% majority.

 

 

02/07/2007 Notice of EGM (concerning the increase in authorised capital)

19/07/2007 Deadline for registration of shareholders

20/07/2007 Probable announcement that, based on registrations, the quorum has not been attained

26/07/2007 First EGM cannot pass the proposed resolution because of lack of quorum

 

 

13/07/2007 First notice of EGM (concerning approval of the bid for ABN AMRO shares)

20/07/2007 Second notice of EGM (concerning approval of the increase in authorised capital - in the event that EGM I fails to reach a quorum)

30/07/2007 Deadline for registration of shareholders

06/08/2007 Second EGM: resolutions to approve the bid for ABN AMRO and to increase the authorised capital, the latter with a 75% majority

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