April, 20

Joint Stock Commercial Bank “Forum” Changes its Title

The General JSCB “Forum” Shareholder’s Meeting took a decision to change the official title of the Bank: Joint Stock Commercial Bank “Forum” into PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY «BANK FORUM», and to amend JSCB “Forum” Statute in its new edition in order to have the Bank’s activity meet the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies”.

According to requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies” and the Decision of General JSCB “Forum” Shareholder’s Meeting on Apirl 19, 2009 JSCB “Forum” state-registered its new Statute, received new Certificate of State Registration of a Public Joint Stock Company and made a corresponding entry into the Single State Register of Juridical Persons and Individual Entrepreneurs.

PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY «BANK FORUM» is a legal successor of all rights and obligations of Joint Stock Commercial Bank “Forum”. All agreements signed prior to change of the Bank’s title remain effective. Bank accounts and registered address of the Bank remain unchanged.

The full official title of the Bank from April 19, 2010 shall be the following:
Ukrainian – ÏÓÁ˲×ÍÅ ÀÊÖ²ÎÍÅÐÍÅ ÒÎÂÀÐÈÑÒÂÎ «ÁÀÍÊ ÔÎÐÓÌ»
Russian – ÏÓÁËÈ×ÍÎÅ ÀÊÖÈÎÍÅÐÍÎÅ ÎÁÙÅÑÒÂÎ «ÁÀÍÊ ÔÎÐÓÌ»
English – PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY «BANK FORUM».

The short official title of the Bank shall be the following:
Ukrainian – ÏÀÒ «ÁÀÍÊ ÔÎÐÓÌ»
Russian – ÏÀÎ «ÁÀÍÊ ÔÎÐÓÌ»
English – PJSC «BANK FORUM».

 

Summary:

PJSC "BANK FORUM" was founded in 1994 and is one of the largest Ukrainian banks according to the National Bank of Ukraine. Commerzbank AG is a major shareholder of "BANK FORUM" holding 89,3% of its shares. As of April 1, 2010, the Bank’s authorized capital totals UAH 2.260 bn, net assets - UAH 17.135 bn, total ssets - UAH 23.399 bn.

Commerzbank AG – is the second largest credit institution in Germany. As of end of 2009, assets of Commerzbank AG totaled EUR 844 bn. With a large branch network, subsidiaries and representative offices in over 60 countries worldwide Commerzbank has a total of 15 mln private and business clients. Commerzbank is an expert in retail and corporate services, SME segment.