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1 B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Meeting held in Luxembourg on 10 May 2011 Provisional Summary of Decisions The Chairman recorded that there was a quorum. List of participants: annexed. The agenda was adopted. No conflicts of interest were declared by any Board members on any items on the agenda. Operations The Board of Directors approved the following operations: Operations within the European Union GLOBAL TECH I OFFSHORE WINDPARK Project (DE) Construction and operation of a 400MW offshore wind farm 96km northwest of the island of Borkum Amount up to EUR m 500 HOSPITAL DE VIGO PPP Project (ES) Design, construction, financing and operation of a new hospital in Vigo, Galicia 180 E18 KOSKENKYLA KOTKA PPP PRIORITY TEN Project (FI) Conversion of a single carriageway road into a motorway from Koskenkylä to Loviisa (17 km) and construction of a new motorway from Loviisa to the vicinity of Kotka (36 km) TRAMWAY DE MONTPELLIER LIGNE 3 Project (FR) Construction of a third tram line (21.6 km) and of the western extension of Line 1 (0.8km) Information in this Provisional Summary of Decisions may still be subject to change.

2 GEDEON RICHTER INNOVATIVE DRUGS RSFF Project (HU) Financing of the promoter s R&D programme for the development of new proprietary drugs and biosimilars Amount up to EUR m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Project (IE) Investment programme for University College Dublin's new Science Centre, the new School of Law and student accommodation 90 AGRILEASING Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (IT) Facility for lease-financing schemes and medium/long-term lending in favour of SMEs and for projects under knowledge economy, energy, environment and convergence objectives 300 INTESA SANPAOLO EN RINNOVABILE II Framework Loan (IT) Financing of small and medium-sized renewable energy and energy efficiency projects 300 RABOBANK III Loan for SMEs (NL) Financing of small and medium-sized projects carried out by SMEs 250 NOTTINGHAM EXPRESS TRANSIT PHASE 2 Project (UK) Extension of Nottingham's urban light rail network, through the addition of two new lines serving the western and south-western areas of the city 116 Operations outside the European Union MEDITERRANEAN MODERNISATION ROUTIERE I Project (Tunisia) Road construction, improvement and rehabilitation schemes aimed at structuring and enhancing the national road network, as well as road safety schemes 163 ACP DR SME BANKING FACILITY (Dominican Republic) Financing of SMEs and support to financial intermediaries through global loans and subordinated debt 80 CATALYST FUND I Project (Regional East Africa) Equity participation in a closed-end private equity fund targeting mid-market enterprises located primarily in East African countries 10

3 ALA TAJIK POWER REHABILITATION Project (Tajikistan) Rehabilitation of low/medium-voltage distribution networks in the Sugd region, consisting mainly of the installation of remote reading electricity meters Amount up to EUR m 7 * * * * * The Board of Directors held its annual meeting with the Bank s Audit Committee, at which the Chairman of the Audit Committee presented its annual reports to the Board of Governors for the year 2010.

4 In addition the following proposals submitted by written procedure were approved: Operations within the European Union AUSTRIA HIGH SPEED 3G AND LTE Project (AT) Upgrade of a mobile broadband telecommunications network PORT OF ANTWERP: SECOND LOCK WAASLANDHAVEN Project (BE) Construction of a second lock to allow maritime access for the largest post-panamax ships to the Waaslandhaven non-tidal basins in the port of Antwerp COMMERZBANK KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IV Global Loan (DE) Financing of small-scale investment projects, in particular those eligible under the Knowledge Economy UNICREDIT LEASING Loan for MID-CAPs and SMEs (DE) Financing of small-scale projects promoted by Mid-Caps and SMEs Amount up to EUR m BANCO POPULAR Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (ES) For financing projects undertaken by SMEs, Mid-Caps and local authorities BANCO SABADELL Loan for SMEs and MID-CAPs (ES) Financing of small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs and Mid-Caps located in the EU CAJA LABORAL Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (ES) Financing of small and medium-sized projects carried out by SMEs, local authorities and Mid-Caps in the fields of information technology, energy and environmental protection HUS HEALTH CARE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME (FI) Investment programme of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa during the period TRAMWAY DE TOURS Project (FR) Construction of the first tramway line in the city of Tours TRAMWAY DU HAVRE Project (FR) Construction of the first two tramway lines in Le Havre, connecting the city centre to its northern and eastern outskirts of Mont Gaillard and Caucriauville, acquisition of trams and construction of a depot and maintenance centre REGIONE PIEMONTE Loan for SMEs (IT) Financing of small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs in the Piedmont region

5 RAIFFEISEN-LEASING POLSKA Loan for SMEs (PL) Financing of small and medium-sized ventures in industry and services Amount up to EUR m Operations outside the European Union ALA BAHIA POWER DISTRIBUTION COELBA Project (Brazil) Investment programme in the electricity distribution network in the State of Bahia TIM MOBILE BROADBAND NETWORK Project (Brazil) Expansion of GSM and UMTS mobile broadband networks 77 EASTERN NEIGHBOURS BGK EPF Global Loan (ENCA-Regional) Financing of investment projects of EU interest in Eastern Partner countries 30 MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMME NATIONAL D ASSAINISSEMENT PNA Project (Morocco) Rehabilitation and extension of wastewater collection networks and construction of treatment plants (STEP) in small and medium-sized towns throughout the Kingdom of Morocco 20 * * * * *.

6 B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Those attending Messrs P. MAYSTADT, Chairman P. de FONTAINE VIVE CURTAZ S. BROOKS, CB M. KOLLATZ-AHNEN Ms E. SREJBER Messrs D. SCANNAPIECO P. SAKELLARIS Ms M. ÁLVAREZ ARZA Mr A. ROP, Vice-Chairs Directors: Messrs A. AGUIAR P. CURWEN J. DOMINIK G. GARCIA ANDRÉS V. GRECH O. HENIN Z. HRUBÝ K. KAKOURIS Ms K. KASZASOVÁ Ms I. KRUMANE Messrs C. MONTICELLI R. MÜLLER S. NESTOR W. NITSCHE Ms T. NORAS Messrs G. REINESCH I. SIKK M. SOMERS Ms M. TUSKIENE Messrs Z. URBAN J.W. van den WALL BAKE

7 Expert Members: Messrs R. MASERA P. RICHARD T. STONE Alternate Directors: Messrs D. AHNER J. BOISSINOT Ms A. CARABAS Messrs R. de KORTE M. HECTOR Ms C. LAÍN Ms F. MERCUSA Messrs A. THERKILDSEN A. ŪBELIS Ms I. VLKOVÁ Mr D. ZERAH Alternate Expert Member: Mr A. SALA Secretary General: Mr A. QUEREJETA

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