The bank of a changing world

General shareholders meeting of May 21st 2008

Extraordinary meeting

  • Report of the Board of directors and statutory auditors’ special report,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to issue ordinary shares and share equivalents with pre-emptive subscription rights,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to issue ordinary shares and share equivalents without pre-emptive subscription rights and granting of a priority subscription period,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to issue shares and share equivalents in consideration of securities tendered within the scope of public exchange offers,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to issue shares and share equivalents in consideration of contributions of unlisted securities up to a maximum of 10% of the capital,
  • Overall limit on authorisations for issues of ordinary shares and share equivalents without pre-emptive subscription rights,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to increase the capital by capitalising retained earnings, profits or additional paid-in capital,
  • Overall limit on authorisations for issues of ordinary shares and share equivalents with or without pre-emptive subscription rights,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to carry out transactions reserved for the members of the BNP Paribas Corporate Savings Plan,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to grant share awards to employees of BNP Paribas, and to employees and corporate officers of related companies,
  • Authorisation to grant stock options to corporate officers and certain employees,
  • Authorisation to be given to the Board of directors to reduce the Bank’s capital by the cancellation of shares,
  • Amendments to the Bank’s articles of association in order to ease the participation in Shareholders’ meetings,
  • Powers to carry out formalities.