RepoRt on - BNP Paribas

changes
in share
ownership
changes in the bank’s ownership structure over the last three years are as follows:
SHAREHOLDERS
number
of shares
(in millions)
société fédérale de Participations et
d’investissement (sfPi) became a shareholder
in bnP Paribas at the time of the
integration of the fortis group in 2009.
during 2009, sfPi made two threshold
crossing disclosures to the autorité des
marchés financiers (amf).
— on 19 may 2009 (amf disclosure
no. 209c0702), sfPi disclosed that its
31/12/07 31/12/08 31/12/09
% of
capital
% of
voting
rights
number
of shares
(in millions)
% of
capital
interest in bnP Paribas’ capital and
voting rights had risen above the
5% and 10% disclosure thresholds following
its transfer of a 74.94% stake
in fortis banque sa/nv in return for
121,218,054 bnP Paribas shares, which
at the time represented 9.83% of its
share capital and 11.59% of its voting
rights. the disclosure stated that
% of
voting
rights
22 <strong>RepoRt</strong> on CoRpoRate SoCial and enviRonmental ReSponSibility
number
of shares
(in millions)
SFPI (*) - - - - - - 127.75 10.8% 10.8%
AxA 53.56 5.9% 6.0% 53.08 5.8% 5.9% 61.63 5.2% 5.2%
Grand duchy of Luxembourg - - - - - - 12.87 1.1% 1.1%
Employees 52.64 5.8% 5.9% 57.69 6.3% 6.4% 67.69 5.7% 5.8%
- o/w corporate mutual funds 38.53 4.2% 4.3% 42.75 4.7% 4.7% 49.43 4.2% 4.2%
- o/w direct ownership 14.11 1.6% 1.6% 14.94 1.6% 1.7% 18.26 1.5% 1.6%
Corporate officers 0.36 nm nm 0.43 nm nm 0.48 nm nm
Treasury shares (**) 9.14 1.0% 5.46 0.6% 3.66 0.3% -
Retail shareholders 57.00 6.3% 6.4% 64.36 7.1% 7.1% 63.63 5.4% 5.4%
Institutional investors 717.40 79.3% 80.0% 717.75 78.8% 79.2 % 780.17 65.9% 66.1%
- Europe 516.54 57.1% 57.6% 484.10 53.1% 53.4% 486.61 41.1% 41.2%
- Outside Europe 200.86 22.2% 22.4% 233.65 25.7% 25.8 % 293.56 24.8% 24.9%
(o/w Socially Responsible
Investors)
(9.52) (1.1%) (1.1%) (3.92) (0.4%) (0.4%) (6.00) (0.5%) (0.5%)
Other and unidentified 15.16 1.7% 1.7% 13.00 1.4% 1.4% 66.27 5.6% 5.6%
TOTAL 905.26 100% 100% 911.77 100% 100% 1,184.15 100% 100%
(*) Société Fédérale de Participations et d’Investissement: public-interest société anonyme (public limited company) acting on behalf of the Belgian government.
(**) Excluding trading desks’ working positions.
bnp pARibAs
oWneRship stRuctuRe
As At 31 decembeR 2009
(voting rigHts)
to the company’s knowledge, no shareholder
other than sfPi or axa owns more
than 5% of its capital or voting rights.
% of
capital
41.2% institutional investors in europe
% of
voting
rights
1.1% grand duchy of luxembourg
5.2% axa
5.4% retail shareholders
5.6% other and unidentified
5.8% employees
(o/w corporate mutual funds 4.2%, o/w direct ownership 1.6%)
10.8% sfPi
24.9% institutional investors outside europe
neither the belgian government nor
sfPi were considering taking control
of bnP Paribas.
on the same day (19 may 2009),
bnP Paribas informed the amf (amf disclosure
no. 209c0724) that an agreement
had been reached between the belgian
government, sfPi and fortis sa/nv,
giving fortis sa/nv an option to buy the