Annual report 2010 - Dexia.com

Additional informationManagement reportConsolidatedfinancial statementsAnnual financial statementsGeneral dataNameThe company is called “Dexia”.Registered officeThe registered office of the company is in Belgium atPlace Rogier 11, 1210 Brussels(RPM Brussels VAT BE 0458.548.296).Legal form, incorporation, durationThe company is a limited company under Belgian law thatmakes a public appeal for investment. It was incorporated on15 July 1996 for an indefinite period. The company has twopermanent offices located in France and in Luxembourg.Corporate objectArticle 3 of the articles of association reads as follows:“The company has the object, both in Belgium and in othercountries, of:1. the acquisition, holding, management and sale, by whatevermeans, of all equity interests in companies or any otherlegal entities, whatever their legal form, existing or to becreated, which operate as credit institutions, insurance orreinsurance companies or which carry on financial, industrial,commercial or civil, administrative or technical activities, aswell as all types of shares, bonds, public funds and any otherfinancial instruments of whatever nature;2. the provision of assistance or administrative, commercialand financial services and accomplishment of all research onbehalf of third parties and in particular on behalf of companiesand other legal entities, whatever their legal form, inwhich it holds a direct or indirect equity interest, as well asthe provision of loans, advances, guarantees or securities, inwhatever form;3. the conducting of all movable property, real property,financial, industrial, commercial or civil transactions includingthe acquisition, management, leasing and sale of all movableand real property, related directly or indirectly to the realisationof its corporate object or likely to contribute to suchrealisation.”Places where the public may consultdocumentsThe articles of association of the company are available at theoffice of the Clerk to the Commercial Court of Brussels andat the company’s registered office. The annual reports aswell as the annual financial statements and the consolidatedfinancial statements are lodged with the National Bank ofBelgium. These documents may also be obtained from thecompany’s registered office. Decisions in relation to appointmentsand resignations of members of the Board of Directorsare published in the Appendix to the Belgian Gazette. Financialnotices concerning the company are published on itswebsite (www.dexia.com). The convocations to Shareholders’Meetings are published on the website and in the financialnewspapers, the daily press and periodicals.Additional information262 Dexia Annual report 2010