Bank of Valletta p.l.c. issued the following Company Announcement pursuant to the Malta Financial Services Authority Listing Rules: 

The following resolutions are being presented for consideration at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Bank of Valletta p.l.c. (the Company) which is scheduled to be held on Thursday 17 December 2015 at 10.00 a.m. at the Hilton Malta, St. Julian’s: 

 

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS 1. That the Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 30 September 2015, and the Directors’ and Auditors’ Reports thereon, be hereby received and approved. 2. That a gross final dividend of €0.085 per share, which represents a gross payment of €30,600,000 as recommended by the Directors, be hereby approved for payment on the 18 December 2015. 3. That the appointment of KPMG Malta jointly with KPMG LLP (UK), as auditors, be hereby approved, and that the Board of Directors be hereby authorised to fix their remuneration. 

 

ORDINARY RESOLUTION – SPECIAL BUSINESS 

 

4. i) That, with effect from Friday, 15 January 2016, the text of the current clause 4 of the Memorandum of Association is deleted and substituted by the following text: 

 

“4. The authorised share capital of the Company is €500,000,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares of €1.00 each. 

 

The issued and fully paid up capital is €390,000,000 divided into 390,000,000 ordinary shares of a nominal value of €1.00 each.” 

 

ii) (a) That, on Friday, 15 January 2016, the amount of €30,000,000 from the Company’s reserves is capitalised for the purpose of a bonus issue of 30,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares of a nominal value of €1.00 per share, representing 1 bonus share for every 12 shares held, to be allotted to the members appearing on the Register of Members of the Malta Stock Exchange as at the close of business on the 15 January 2016 (Eligible Members), thereby increasing the issued share capital from the current 360,000,000 shares to 390,000,000 shares of €1.00 each fully paid up, resulting in a paid up capital of €390,000,000. 

 

(b) Since the allocation ratio of bonus shares to registered shares held by the Eligible Member is 1 bonus share for every 12 shares held, in the allocation process the Company shall, where the number of shares held by the Eligible Member is not exactly divisible by 12, round up the allocation to the nearest share whenever the mathematical result of the allocation formula contains a fractional entitlement which is of 0.5 of a share or more, and round down to the nearest share in the event that the mathematical result of the allocation formula contains a fractional entitlement which is of less than 0.5 of a share. 

 

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

 

The term of office of the Directors appointed pursuant to Article 60 of the Company’s Articles of Association expires at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The Company received eight (8) nominations for the appointment of Directors, which nominations are subject to regulatory approval. In terms of the said Article 60, an election will take place and the six (6) candidates obtaining the highest number of votes will be appointed Directors. 

 

The candidates are: Alicia Agius Gatt Joseph Borg Barbara Helga Ellul James Grech Mario Grima Alfred Lupi George Portanier Joseph M Zrinzo 

 

A brief biography of each candidate can be found in the “Nominees for the BOV Directors’ Election” sheet included together with the Annual General Meeting documentation. T

 

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