FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Limited

Notice of Meeting
Annual Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Ninth Annual General
Meeting of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas)
Limited will be held at 6:00 p.m. on April 8th, 2005 at the
British Colonial Hilton, Victoria Room, Number One Bay
Street, Nassau, The Bahamas, for the following purposes:
1. To read the minutes of the last Annual General
Meeting held on March 31st, 2004.
2. To receive and consider the Chairman’s review.
3. To receive accounts for the year ended October 31st,
2004 and the report of the Directors and Auditors
thereon.
4. To elect the following Directors:
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Sharon Brown
Teresa Butler
Jan-Arne Farstad
Terence R. Hilts
Joseph W. P. Krukowski
Michael Mansoor
Willie Moss
G. Diane Stewart
5. To approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
as the Auditor of the Company and
authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.
6. Ratification of dividends for fiscal 2004.
7. To discuss any other business which may properly
come before the Annual General Meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Record Date
Holders of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas)
Limited ordinary shares of record at the close of business
on March 14, 2005 are entitled to vote at the meeting.
Financial Statements
The Company’s audited financial statements for the year
ended October 31st 2004 are included in the Company’s
2004 annual report, which is enclosed as a part of the
proxy soliciting material.
Proxies
Shareholders of the Company entitled to attend and vote
at the Meeting are entitled to appoint one or more proxies
to attend and, in a poll, vote instead of them. A proxy
need not be a shareholder of the Company. Any instrument
appointing a proxy must be received at the office of
the Corporate Secretary, FirstCaribbean International
Bank (Bahamas) Limited, 4th Floor, #308 East Bay Street,
Nassau, The Bahamas not less than 48 hours before the
Meeting. Shareholders who return completed proxy
forms are not precluded, if subsequently they so wish,
from attending the Meeting instead of their proxies and
voting in person. In the event of a poll, their proxy votes
lodged with the Registrar and Transfer Agent will be
excluded.
Dividend
An interim dividend of fifteen cents ($0.15) per common
share was paid on July 16th, 2004. A final dividend of
eighteen cents ($0.18) per common share for the fiscal
year 2004 was approved by the Directors on December
17th, 2004 and paid to shareholders on January 7th,
2005. Total dividends paid for fiscal 2004 was thirty-three
cents ($0.33).
REGISTERED OFFICE: FirstCaribbean International Bank
(Bahamas) Limited, 4th Floor, #308 East Bay Street,
Nassau, the Bahamas.
Teresa S. Williams
Corporate Secretary
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Limited
March 14th, 2005
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