General information6.2. Summary table of <strong>Dexia</strong> subscription rights (warrants) (as at 31 december <strong>2009</strong>)Management <strong>report</strong>Consolidatedfinancial statements<strong>Annual</strong> financial statementsExercise price(in EUR)fromExercise periodtoNumber ofsubscriptionrightsgrantedNumber ofsubscriptionrightsexercisedNumber ofsubscriptionrightscancelled asvoidNumberof residualsubscriptionrights beforetransferWarrants granted in 2000“ESOP 2000” Warrants 14.58 30 Nov. 2000 (1) 31 Dec. 2010 (1) 5,915,000 2,831,037 3,083,963Warrants granted in 2001“ESOP 2001” Warrants 17.86 30 June 2004 (1) 31 Dec. 2011 (1) 8,100,000 2,715,038 115,750 5,269,212Warrants granted in 2002“ESOP 2002” Warrants 13.66/11.88 (2) 30 Sept. 2005 (1) 23 July 2012 (1) 10,000,000 5,541,057 234,774 4,224,16913.66 1,118,93811.88 3,105,231Warrants granted in 2003“ESOP 2003” Warrants 11.37 30 Sept. 2006 (1) 24 July 2013 (1) 10,000,000 2,247,878 7,752,122Warrants granted in 2004“ESOP 2004” Warrants 13.56 30 Sept. 2007 (1) 24 July 2014 (1) 10,000,000 81,250 9,918,750“2004 network share ownershipplan” Warrants 15.77 30 Oct. <strong>2009</strong> 30 Oct. <strong>2009</strong> 184,074 0 184,074 0Warrants granted in 2005“ESOP 2005” Warrants 18.03 30 June 2008 (1) 29 June 2015 (1) 9,994,950 15,000 110,100 9,869,850“2005 network share ownershipplan” Warrants 18.20 29 Oct. 2010 29 Oct. 2010 189,972 0 189,972Warrants granted in 2006“ESOP 2006” Warrants 18.62 30 June <strong>2009</strong> (1) 29 June 2016 (1) 9,760,225 15,000 125,650 9,619,575“2006 network share ownershipplan” Warrants 21.25 29 Oct. 2011 29 Oct. 2011 197,748 0 197,748“ESOP 2006” Warrants(DenizBank) 20.71 15 Dec. <strong>2009</strong> 14 Dec. 2016 235,000 0 235,000Warrants granted in 2007“ESOP 2007” Warrants 23.25 30 June 2010 (1) 29 June 2017 (1) 10,322,550 0 10,322,550Warrants granted in 2008“ESOP 2008” Warrants 10.09 30 June 2011 29 June 2018 7,093,355 0 7,093,355“ESOP 2008” Warrants 12.65 30 June 2012 29 June 2018 3,466,450 0 3,466,450“FP State guarantee” Warrants (3) 24 June <strong>2009</strong> 23 June 2014 (4) 2 0 0 2(1) Except under specific conditions.(2) 13.66: France/11.88: other countries.(3) Relates to the issue, decided by the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting on 24 June <strong>2009</strong>, of a subscription right (warrant) in favour of the State of Belgium and a subscriptionright (warrant) in favour of the State of France, in relation to the mechanism for repayment of the guarantee granted by the Belgian and French States with regard to the obligationsof <strong>Dexia</strong> related to the Financial Products activities of the FSA Group, within the context of the sale of FSA to Assured Guaranty. For a description of the specific characteristics of thesesubscription rights, please consult the special <strong>report</strong> of the Board of Directors of 12 May <strong>2009</strong>: http://www.dexia.<strong>com</strong>/docs/<strong>2009</strong>/<strong>2009</strong>_legal/<strong>2009</strong>0519_rapportSpecialFSA_FR.pdf.(4) Warrants are issued for a term of five years and their reissue, by cancellation of the existing warrants, will be submitted to the approval of the Shareholders’ Meeting every yearon the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting.Additional information92<strong>Dexia</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>report</strong> <strong>2009</strong>
General information6.3. Notifications under thelegislation on transparency6.4. Legislation on tender offers6.4.1. “Grandfathering” regimeUnder the terms of the Law of 2 May 2007 (the “Law”),relating to the publicity of major holdings in issuers the sharesof which are traded on a regulated market, and the RoyalDecree executing that Law dated 14 February 2008 whichcame into force on 1 September 2008, and on the basis ofArticle 5 of the articles of association of <strong>Dexia</strong> SA, shareholdersare obliged to notify their holding to the Banking, Financeand Insurance Commission and to <strong>Dexia</strong>, insofar as it reachesa threshold of 1%, 3%, then 5% or a multiple of 5%.To calculate percentages of holdings, the numerator consistsof the number of voting rights attached to shares conferringvoting rights or not associated with shares, reducedor increased by the number of voting rights which may beacquired on the exercise of similar financial instruments heldby the person making the declaration. The denominator consistsof the total of existing voting rights in <strong>Dexia</strong> SA as publishedon the website.Moreover, in application of the “Protocol on the prudentialstructure of the <strong>Dexia</strong> Group” (cf. Corporate governance onpage 46), <strong>Dexia</strong> SA has asked its large shareholders to informthe <strong>com</strong>pany and the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commissionas soon as possible prior to any of the aforementionedtransactions.During the year <strong>2009</strong>, <strong>Dexia</strong> SA received various notificationsfrom its shareholders, namely:• On 19 February <strong>2009</strong>, a notification from shareholdersconcluding an agreement under the terms of which theyare deemed to constitute “parties acting in concert” (referto point 6.4.) within the meaning of the Belgian legislationrelating to tender offers;• On 29 June <strong>2009</strong>, the Walloon Region sent a notificationfrom which it emerged that it exceeded the statutory thresholdof 1% of the <strong>com</strong>pany’s capital;• On 1 July <strong>2009</strong>, the Flemish Region, via the Vlaams Toekomstfonds,notified its holding greater than 1% of the <strong>com</strong>pany’scapital;• On 6 October <strong>2009</strong>, shareholders concluding an agreementunder the terms of which they are deemed to constitute“parties acting in concert” notified the <strong>com</strong>pany ofthe upward crossing of the threshold of 5% by one of theparties, namely Ethias;• On 24 November <strong>2009</strong>, Natixis Asset Management senttwo successive notifications from which it emerged that theycrossed the statutory threshold, upwards and then downwards,of 1% via the holding of their mutual funds.All of these notifications are published in full on the <strong>Dexia</strong> SAinternet site under the heading “Legal Information/TransparencyDeclarations”.Under the terms of Article 74 of the Law of 1 April 2007relating to tender offers, parties who, on 1 September 2007,individually or in concert, hold more than 30% of the votingshares of a Belgian listed <strong>com</strong>pany, are not subject to theobligation to launch a tender offer for the shares of the said<strong>com</strong>pany, provided in particular that, by 21 February 2008 atthe latest, they send a notification to the Banking, Financeand Insurance Commission and a <strong>com</strong>munication to the said<strong>com</strong>pany.On 30 August 2007, <strong>Dexia</strong> SA was informed of the conclusionby certain of its shareholders (Arcofin, Holding Communal,Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Ethias and CNPAssurances) of an agreement under the terms of which theyare deemed to constitute “parties acting in concert” withinthe meaning of the Law of 1 April 2007 relating to tenderoffers. The holding of the shareholders acting in concert inthe capital of <strong>Dexia</strong> SA exceeds a threshold of 50%.This agreement was notified to the Banking, Finance andInsurance Commission and a <strong>com</strong>munication was sent to<strong>Dexia</strong> SA, in accordance with Article 74, §§ 6 and 7 of theLaw of 1 April 2007 relating to tender offers.The principal elements of that <strong>com</strong>munication, which hasbeen published on <strong>Dexia</strong>’s website, are set out hereafter.Moreover, in accordance with Article 74 § 8 of the said Law,the parties acting in concert must annually notify any changeof their holding occurring since 1 September 2007.Within this context, each year <strong>Dexia</strong> SA receives an updatelisting the transactions carried out on <strong>Dexia</strong> shares by the differentshareholders acting in concert (and associated parties)as well as, if such should be the case, any changes of controlholding within the meaning of Article 74 § 8 of the said Law.The essential of the notifications received in <strong>2009</strong>, which areavailable in full on the <strong>Dexia</strong> SA internet site under the heading“Legal Information/Belgian tender offer rules”, is listed inthe following table.Management <strong>report</strong>Consolidatedfinancial statements<strong>Annual</strong> financial statementsAdditional information<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>report</strong> <strong>2009</strong> <strong>Dexia</strong> 93