2009 registration document and annual financial report - AMF

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PRESENTATION OF THE BNP PARIBAS GROUP
BNP Paribas and its shareholders
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Results
Rate of approval
(%)
Resolution 1: Creation of a new category of shares, consisting of non-voting shares, and according
amendment of the Articles of Association 98.21%
Resolution 2: Issue of non- voting shares to Société de Prise de Participation de l’État 97.72%
Resolution 3: Transactions reserved for members of the Employee Savings Plan 97.50%
Resolution 4: Issue of shares to be paid up by capitalising income, retained earnings or additional
paid-in capital 98.39%
Resolution 5: Powers to carry out formalities 99.82%
On 13 May 2009, BNP Paribas held a combined ordinary and
extraordinary General Meeting on first call. The text of the resolutions
and the video of the meeting can be viewed on the BNP Paribas
website, which is where the original live webcast took place. The
composition of the quorum and the results of the votes cast were
posted online the day after the meeting. The meeting was written
about in the specialist press and a specific letter was sent to
shareholders summarising the meeting.
The quorum broke down as follows:
BREAKDOWN OF QUORUM
Number of
shareholders (%) Number of shares (%)
Present 1,664 15.07% 100,690,994 20.64%
Proxy given to spouse or another shareholder 58 0.53% 71,907 0.01%
Proxy given to Chairman 5,972 54.09% 11,604,373 2.38%
Postal votes 3,347 30.31% 375,556,063 76.97%
TOTAL 11,041 100% 487,923,337 100%
Quorum
Number of ordinary shares (excluding treasury stock) 910,022,144 53.62%
All resolutions proposed to the shareholders were approved.
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2009 Registration document and financial report - BNP PARIBAS