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The Press 10 March 2009
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| Company release 8-2009 - Annual General Meeting of FIH Erhvervsbank A/S |
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| | FIH's annual general meeting was held on 10 March |
| | 2009, the agenda containing the items previously |
| | announced. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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
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| | Jørgen Vorsholt, Chairman of the Danish Employers' |
| | Confederation |
| | In addition, the Board of Directors consists of 3 |
| | employee-elected representatives. |
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| | Deloitte Revisionsaktieselskab and Grant Thornton |
| | Revisionsaktieselskab were re-elected as auditors. |
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| | Copenhagen, Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 16:15 |
| | Hans Skov Christensen |
| | Chairman |
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For additional information please contact Chairman |
| | of the Board of Directors Hans Skov Christensen at |
| | telephone 3377 3600. |
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