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(Approval of the merger of Société Immobilière du 36 avenue de l'Opéra into BNP Paribas)
Having read (i) the report of the Board of Directors; (ii) the valuation report prepared by Gilles de Courcel, Olivier Péronnet and Jean-Louis Müllenbach, the independent appraisers appointed by the Paris Commercial Court on 15 February 2007; and (iii) the merger agreement signed on 8 March 2007 under which Société Immobilière du 36 avenue de l'Opéra, a French société par actions simplifiée with a share capital of EUR 21,037,500 whose registered office is at 41 avenue de l'Opéra, 75002 Paris, France, and which is registered with the Paris Companies Registry under number 399 084 235, agreed to transfer all of its assets to BNP Paribas with retroactive effect from 1 January 2007, and BNP Paribas undertook to assume all of Société Immobilière du 36 avenue de l'Opéra's liabilities, the Extraordinary General Meeting:
In the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth resolutions, after reading the merger agreements, the report of the Board of Directors and the reports of the independent appraisers, shareholders are requested to approve the merger into BNP Paribas SA of three fully-consolidated companies that specialise in the acquisition, disposal, operation and management of properties. These mergers form part of the internal restructuring of the Group with a view to combining certain properties used in the business within BNP Paribas SA. They will also lead to a reduction in management expenses, particularly accounting and legal costs.
Shareholders are also invited to approve the amount of the assets transferred by each of the merged companies as well as the related technical merger goodwill amounts and the allocation thereof as provided for in the respective merger agreements.
The thirteenth resolution concerns the merger into BNP Paribas SA of Compagnie Immobilière de France, the fourteenth relates to Société Immobilière du 36 avenue de l'Opéra and the fifteenth to CAPEFI.