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GROUP PRESENTATION<br />

Personal Financial Services<br />

In Belgium, <strong>Dexia</strong> Bank is one of the country’s top players<br />

in retail banking. It offers a <strong>com</strong>plete range of banking and<br />

insurance services to a clientele of households and small and<br />

medium-sized enterprises. Similarly, <strong>Dexia</strong> BIL is a major retail<br />

bank in Luxembourg. <strong>Dexia</strong> banka Slovensko is a retail bank in<br />

Slovakia. In <strong>2006</strong>, <strong>Dexia</strong> acquired DenizBank, the sixth largest<br />

privately-owned bank in Turkey.<br />

An important private banking business has been developed<br />

over the years. <strong>Dexia</strong> has also acquired or developed units and<br />

joint ventures in a number of European countries including<br />

Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and Switzerland.<br />

Treasury and Financial Markets<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong>’s principal businesses give the Group an intensive presence<br />

in the capital markets, both for funding and managing<br />

the Group’s balance sheet and for structuring sophisticated<br />

products and solutions for clients of the various business lines.<br />

This business segment not only provides key support to the<br />

entire Group, it also functions as an important profit center<br />

generating substantial earnings.<br />

Asset Management, Insurance and Investor<br />

Services<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> Asset Management has built a strong reputation in<br />

Europe and today distributes more than a third of its products<br />

to institutions and through third-party channels. <strong>Dexia</strong> Insurance<br />

Services supplies all the life and nonlife insurance products<br />

sold in the retail networks of the Group in Belgium and<br />

Luxembourg and in France. In Investor Services, RBC <strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Investor Services was set up as a joint venture with Royal Bank<br />

of Canada in <strong>2006</strong>. Today it ranks among the ten largest custodian<br />

banks worldwide.<br />

EXPERTISE, PERFORMANCE AND RATING<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong>’s success lies not only in its well-established franchise<br />

and strong distribution skills, but also in its ability to conceive<br />

efficient products and develop innovative solutions to meet<br />

its clients’ financial needs. In all business lines, <strong>Dexia</strong> has<br />

been able to attract and deploy the best professional skills.<br />

It exercises the highest standards in terms of underwriting,<br />

risk monitoring, operational disciplines and product performance.<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> has one of the highest credit ratings in the banking<br />

industry: its three main entities – <strong>Dexia</strong> Crédit Local, <strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Bank and <strong>Dexia</strong> BIL – are AA/Aaa/AA+ rated; two of its subsidiaries<br />

in Europe issue AAA rated secured bonds; finally FSA,<br />

one of the four largest bond insurers in the US is a triple A<br />

rated <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />

MANAGEMENT REPORT<br />

COMPTES CONSOLIDÉS<br />

SIMPLIFIED GROUP STRUCTURE<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> SA<br />

Headquarters Brussels and Paris<br />

COMPTES SOCIAUX<br />

Financial<br />

Security<br />

Assurance<br />

99.7 %<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Crédit Local<br />

100%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> Banque<br />

Internationale<br />

à Luxembourg<br />

99.9%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Bank<br />

Belgium<br />

100%<br />

DenizBank<br />

99.8 %<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Crediop<br />

70%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Sabadell<br />

Banco Local<br />

60%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Kommunalbank<br />

Deutschland<br />

100%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Kommunalkredit<br />

Bank<br />

74.9%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Municipal<br />

Agency<br />

100%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Sofaxis<br />

100%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Asset<br />

Management<br />

100%<br />

RBC<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Investor<br />

Services<br />

50%<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong><br />

Insurance<br />

Belgium<br />

99.6%<br />

Percentages refer to direct and indirect holdings.<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> / <strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>2006</strong> | 11

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