Medellín,
Colombia, February 21, 2011
BANCOLOMBIA
S.A. ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO GUARANTEE THE EQUITABLE
TREATMENT OF ITS
SHAREHOLDERS
The Board
of Directors ratified prohibitions contained in the Code of Good Government to
assure equitable treatment of all the shareholders of BANCOLOMBIA S.A. The
prohibitions, which are applicable to legal representatives, administrators and
employees of the Bank and FIDUCIARIA BANCOLOMBIA S.A., the company in charge of
administration of the Bank’s shares, are the following:
1.
Incentivize, promote or suggest to shareholders to grant powers of attorney in
blank, without clearly defining the name of the representative for the General
Shareholders’ Meeting.
2.
Receive from shareholders, powers of attorney for the General Shareholders’
Meeting, without clearly defining the name of the representative.
3.
Receive special powers of attorney from shareholders before the convocation to
the Shareholders’ Meetings.
4. Admit as valid powers of attorney
for the General Shareholders’ Meeting which lack the requirements established in
Article 184 of the Colombian Commerce Code. The powers of attorney must be
granted in writing, indicating the name of the proxy, the name of the
shareholder the proxy is representing, if it is the case, and the date of the
meeting. The legal entities granting a power of attorney must also attach a
recent certificate of existence and representation in accordance with the
law.
5.
Suggest or decide who will act as representative in the General Shareholders’
Meeting.
6.
Recommend to the shareholders who they should vote for in a list provided to the
shareholders.
7.
Suggest, coordinate or agree with any shareholder or any shareholder’s
representative, proposals to be presented to the General Shareholders’ Meeting,
excluding the proposals presented by the Board of Directors and the CEO,
according to the Articles of Association.
8.
Suggest, coordinate or agree with any shareholder or any shareholder’s
representative, voting in any way about any proposal presented at the General
Shareholders’ Meeting.
These
prohibitions also apply if realized through a representative, intermediary or
interposed person.
In
conformity with the Articles of Association, the administrators and employees of
the Bank will not be able to exercise powers of attorney to represent their own
shares in the General Shareholders’ Meeting, nor substitute the powers of
attorney granted to them. They also will not be able to vote, even with their
own shares, in decisions that relate to approval of the balance sheet, end of
year accounts or liquidation matters.
In any
event, the administrators or employees of the Bank will be able to exercise
rights of their own shares and the ones they represent whenever they act as
legal representatives.
If an
employee is a shareholder of the Bank and decides to represent his shares by
himself or by a third party in the General Shareholders Meeting, he must
expressly inform the shareholders at the meeting so his vote will not be
considered in the approval of the financial statements.
The
following officers will be responsible to implement and verify the fulfillment
of the control procedures:
BANCOLOMBIA:
Legal
Vice-president and Secretary General
Corporate
and Institutional Legal Manager
Institutional
Legal Chief
FIDUCIARIA
BANCOLOMBIA:
Director
of Special Business Operations
Manager
of Title Administration
Executive
of Title Administration
These
officers will check that the powers of attorney are granted according to the
Colombian Code of Commerce and the Board of Directors’ dispositions. The powers
of attorney that contravene these dispositions won´t be accepted.
The Legal
Vice-president and Secretary General will inform to the Board of Directors of
the fulfillment of these measures prior to each General Shareholders’
Meeting.