FORTIS: Fortis publishes explanatory document on voting at General Meeting
BRUSSEL, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - February 5, 2009) - The General Meeting of Shareholders of Fortis SA/NV to be held in Brussels on 11 February 2009 will be asked to vote on the three transactions, entered into in implementation of the decisions taken by the Fortis Board of Directors on 3, 5 and 6 October 2008.
Fortis has today published a question-and-answer document providing more precise details of what a vote in favour or against these transactions would mean.
This document is available at [ www.fortis.com ].
Fortis holding (Fortis SA/NV and Fortis N.V.) consists of (1) Fortis Insurance Belgium (2) Fortis Insurance International, and (3) financial assets and liabilities of various financing vehicles. The international insurance activities (Fortis Insurance International) are located in the UK, France, Hong Kong, Luxembourg (Non-Life), Germany, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and in joint ventures in Luxembourg (Life), Portugal, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand. Fortis holding is not involved in banking activities.
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