Report of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting - General Meeting approves gross dividend of EUR 2.40 per share

Gimv today held its General Shareholders’ Meeting. 28.66% of the shares were represented (6,642,020 shares). The General Shareholders’ Meeting approved the proposed dividend. The dividend of EUR 2.40 gross (EUR 1.80 net) per share will be payable on 8 July 2010 (coupon no. 17). The proposals of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ meeting have also been accepted.

Gimv is paying a gross dividend of EUR 2.40 per share (EUR 1.80 net) in respect of the financial year 2009-2010

Gimv realised a net profit (part of group) of EUR 117.5 million in the financial year 2009-2010. The General Shareholders’ Meeting accepted today the Board of Directors’ proposal to pay a gross dividend of EUR 2.40 (EUR 1.80 net) per share. Gimv will be paying this dividend on 8 July 2010 (coupon no. 17). This corresponds to a gross dividend yield of 6.6% on the average stock price of the Gimv-share during the 2009-2010 financial year.

In addition, the financial statements for the 2009-2010 financial year have been approved. The General Shareholders’ Meeting also granted discharge to the directors and to the statutory auditor in respect of the exercise of their duties under their term of office that ended on 31 March 2010.

The General Shareholders’ Meeting also approved the appointment of the following directors for a period of four years, until the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of 2014: Mrs. Christ’l Joris, Mrs. Sophie Manigart, Mr. Bart Van Hooland and Mr. Dirk Boogmans.

Finally the appointment of Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCV, represented by Jan De Luyck, as auditor was approved for a period of three years ending after the General Shareholders’ Meeting on the financial year 2012-2013.

Extraordinary General Meeting

As the quorum required for the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was not reached on 1 June 2010, the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting also took place today. This Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was asked to approve the authorisation to the Board of Directors to obtain or to transfer its own shares to prevent an impending serious disadvantage for a period of three years to be counted from 30 June 2010. The authorisation of the Board of Directors to increase the authorised capital by the allowed capital was also approved.