Bahamas - FirstCaribbean International Bank

Notice of MeetingAnnual MeetingNotice is hereby given that the Eighth AnnualGeneral Meeting of FirstCaribbean InternationalBank (Bahamas) Limited will be held at 6:00 p.m. onApril 25th, 2003 at British Colonial Hilton, No.1 BayStreet, Nassau, The Bahamas for the followingpurposes:1. To read the minutes of the last Annual GeneralMeeting held on March 7th, 2002.2. To receive and consider the Chairman’s Review.3. To receive accounts for the year endedOctober 31st, 2002 and the report of the Directorsand Auditors thereon.4. To elect the following Directors:(i) Joseph W. P. Krukowski(ii) Terence R. Hilts(iii) Walter A. Wells(iv) Willie Moss(v) G. Diane Stewart(vi) Sharon Brown(vii) Teresa Butler(viii) Michael Mansoor(ix) Mark Teversham5. To approve the appointment ofPricewaterhouseCoopers as the Auditor of theCompany and authorize the Directors to fix theirremuneration.6. Ratification of dividends for fiscal 20027. To discuss any other business which may properlycome before the Annual General Meeting.BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSCheryl E. BazardCorporate SecretaryFirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Limited23rd January, 2003Record DateHolders of FirstCaribbean International Bank(Bahamas) Limited ordinary shares of record at theclose of business on March 14th, 2003 are entitledto vote at the meeting.Financial StatementsThe Company’s audited financial statements forthe year ended October 31st 2002 are included inthe Company’s 2002 annual report, which isenclosed as a part of the proxy soliciting material.ProxiesShareholders of the Company entitled to attendand vote at the Meeting are entitled to appointone or more proxies to attend and, in a poll, voteinstead of them. A proxy need not be ashareholder of the Company. Any instrumentappointing a proxy must be received at the officeof the Corporate Secretary, FirstCaribbeanInternational Bank (Bahamas) Limited, 4th Floor,#308 East Bay Street, Nassau, The Bahamas not lessthan 48 hours before the Meeting. Shareholderswho return completed proxy forms are notprecluded, if subsequently they so wish, fromattending the Meeting instead of their proxies andvoting in person. In the event of a poll, theirproxy votes lodged with the Registrar and TransferAgent will be excluded.DividendAn interim dividend of eighteen cents ($0.18) percommon share was paid on June 21st, 2002. Afinal dividend of fifteen cents ($0.15) per commonshare for the fiscal year 2002 was approved by theDirectors on September 26th, 2002 and paid toshareholders on October 21st, 2002. Totaldividends paid for fiscal 2002 was thirty-threecents ($0.33).REGISTERED OFFICE: FirstCaribbeanInternational Bank (Bahamas) Limited, 4th Floor,#308 East Bay Street, Nassau, The Bahamas8