-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S The Luxembourg Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange AG The Press 10 March 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Company release 8-2009 - Annual General Meeting of FIH Erhvervsbank A/S | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | FIH's annual general meeting was held on 10 March | | | 2009, the agenda containing the items previously | | | announced. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | In his oral report the Chairman presented the main | | | events and circumstances, which were accounted for | | | in the bank's annual report for 2008, reflecting on | | | the past year as well as the outlook for 2009. | | | Moreover, the Chairman outlined the remuneration of | | | the Executive Board. | | | The general meeting adopted the report and the | | | annual accounts, and the Executive Board and the | | | Board of Directors were granted discharge from | | | liabilities. Moreover, the proposal to transfer | | | profit to reserves was also adopted. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Furthermore, The Board of Directors was authorised | | | to give permission to the bank to acquire up to 10 | | | percent of its own shares at the market price | | | prevailing at the time of the acquisition, subject | | | to a deviation of up to 10 percent in the period | | | until 31 May 2010. | | | The suggested authorisation shall only be used for | | | acquisition of shares to meet the obligations of FIH | | | Er-hvervsbank in connection with the employee share | | | scheme established in 2005. The scheme comprises | | | 25,883 shares held in trust up to and including May | | | 2010. | | | At the meeting it was proposed to remove section 4 | | | and 12(2) of the Articles of Association, related to | | | interest-free loan provided by the Minister for | | | Trade and Industry under Consolidation Act no. 103 | | | of 28 February 1986 on government funds provided to | | | Finance for Danish Industry A/S. The subordinated | | | loan was fully repaid in 2007. | | | The proposal was unanimously adopted. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | The following members of FIH's Board of Directors | | | were re-elected: | | | Hans Skov Christensen, Managing Director, DI | | | Gudni Niels Adalsteinsson, Member of the Kaupthing | | | Resolution Committee, | | | RagnarArnasson, Professor, University of Iceland, | | | Hans Ejvind Hansen, Director | | | Svend-Aage Nielsen, Chairman of the Board of | | | Directors of Nielsen & Nielsen Holding A/S | | | Jørgen Vorsholt, Chairman of the Danish Employers' | | | Confederation | | | In addition, the Board of Directors consists of 3 | | | employee-elected representatives. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Deloitte Revisionsaktieselskab and Grant Thornton | | | Revisionsaktieselskab were re-elected as auditors. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Copenhagen, Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 16:15 | | | Hans Skov Christensen | | | Chairman | | | For additional information please contact Chairman | | | of the Board of Directors Hans Skov Christensen at | | | telephone 3377 3600. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------