B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S. Meeting held in Luxembourg on 18 October 2011

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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 18 October 2011 Provisional Summary of Decisions The Chairman recorded that there was a quorum. List of participants: annexed. The agenda was adopted. Conflicts of interest were declared by Messrs HENIN and REINESCH on BNP PARIBAS IV Loan for SMEs (FR), by Mr NAWRATH on ERMEWA ROLLING STOCK Project (FR) and by Mr NESTOR on NBG Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (EL). Operations The Board of Directors approved the following operations: Operations within the European Union BARCO RDI 2011 Project (BE, DE, IT) Financing of Barco s R&D activities in the next generation of electronic projectors and display technologies Amount up to EUR m BSH ENERGIEEFFIZIENZ F&E Project (DE) RDI activities for the development of energy efficient white goods and small home appliances SKAGERRAK 4 INTERCONNECTOR Project (DK, Norway) Implementation of a monopolar High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link interconnecting Norway and Denmark across the Skagerrak strait 200 NBG Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (EL) For financing small and medium-scale infrastructure projects promoted by SMEs, private and public entities in the fields of industry, tourism and services 2 1 Information in this Provisional Summary of Decisions may still be subject to change.

2 AUTOVIA A66 BENAVENTE-ZAMORA PPP Project (ES) Financing of a 30-year DBFO concession for a 49km toll-free motorway between Benavente and Zamora Amount up to EUR m GAS NATURAL FENOSA X Project (ES) Reinforcement and extension of the promoter s gas distribution network in several Spanish regions, including convergence areas 0 BNP PARIBAS IV Loan for SMEs (FR) For financing small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs in the agricultural, industrial and service sectors ERMEWA ROLLING STOCK Project (FR) Purchase of new freight railcars and tank containers 1 PIERRE FABRE PHARMA R&D RSFF Project (FR) RDI activities for the discovery and development of new molecular entities primarily in the areas of oncology, central nervous system, immunology and cardio-vascular BP Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (IT) For financing small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs in the industry, services and tourism sectors and other small and mediumsized projects under the knowledge economy, convergence, energy and environment objectives and midcaps BPER II Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (IT) For financing small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs in the industry, services and tourism sectors and other small and mediumsized projects under the knowledge economy, convergence, energy and environment objectives and midcap POLAND FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENT Framework Loan (PL) Investments to support forestry and environmental improvements in Poland, including cofinancing of selected measures of the Rural Development Programme 2 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Project (UK) Development and refurbishment of the University of Edinburgh's campus 57

3 Operations in Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries Amount up to EUR m WESTERN BALKANS ISP II Loan for SMEs and Priority Projects (Bosnia and Herzegovina) For financing small and medium-sized projects promoted by SMEs or local authorities in the fields of environmental protection, energy efficiency, infrastructure, industry, services and tourism 60 TURKEY GARANTI BANK II Loan for SMEs (Turkey) For financing small and medium-sized projects promoted by SMEs primarily in the manufacturing and services sectors 1 GREATER ANATOLIA SME Loan Extension (Turkey) For financing SMEs located in the least economically developed provinces of Eastern Turkey 200 ISTANBUL-ANKARA RAILWAY TRANCHE B Project (Turkey) Construction of a 478km new high-speed railway line along the Istanbul- Ankara corridor 600 Operations outside the European Union ACP: AFRICA, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC PRIVATE ENTERPRISE FINANCE FACILITY II (Kenya) For financing small and medium-sized investment projects 20 IMPROVEMENT TO REGIONAL AIRPORTS Project (Tanzania) Rehabilitation and improvement of existing facilities at 5 regional airports ALA: ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA CHINA FORESTRY Framework Loan (China) For financing several individual forestry projects throughout China 2 * * * * *

4 In addition the following proposals submitted by written procedure were approved: Operations within the European Union BNP PARIBAS FORTIS II Loan for SMEs (BE) For financing small-scale projects promoted by SMEs in the industry and services sectors EESTI ENERGIA WASTE TO ENERGY Project (EE) Construction of a 220,000 t/yr one line grate incineration plant with an electrical capacity of 20MW and thermal capacity of MW of heat Amount up to EUR m 1 PROVINCIA DI CHIETI COVENANT OF MAYORS Framework Loan (IT) Renewable-energy and energy-efficiency investments in the Province of Chieti 60 VENETO BANCA II Loan for SMEs and Other Priorities (IT) For financing small and medium-sized investments promoted by SMEs via term loans and leasing schemes and other small and medium sized projects in the fields of knowledge economy, convergence, energy and environment and Mid- Caps GDF SUEZ POLANIEC BIOMASS POWER PLANT Project (PL) Construction and operation of a 200 MWe biomass fired boiler at the existing GDF Suez site at Polaniec ING SLASKI Loan for SMEs and Mid-Caps (PL) For financing limited scale investments promoted by SMEs and Mid-Caps primarily in the industry and services sectors PEKAO LEASING Loan for SMEs (PL) For financing small and medium scale projects promoted by SMEs RZESZOW MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE Framework Loan (PL) Part-financing of small and medium-sized investments in the city of Rzeszów under the city s development strategy SOGELEASE RO-BG Loan for SMEs and Mid-Caps (RO, BG) For financing small and medium-sized ventures carried out by SMEs and Mid-Caps in the fields of agriculture, industry and services

5 Operations in Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries Amount up to EUR m WESTERN BALKANS MAINLAND INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY (Croatia) Rehabilitation and up-grading of community infrastructure in mainland areas, in the fields of transport, urban renewal, energy, education, health and environmental protection 25 TURKEY VAKIFBANK CLIMATE CHANGE FACILITY Framework Loan (Turkey) For financing renewable-energy and energy-efficiency projects 75 * * * * * The Board of Directors discussed the report Evaluation of EIB investment loans for economic and social cohesion in France, Portugal and the United Kingdom. A Civil Society seminar with the Board of Directors was held in Luxembourg on 17 October 2011.

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

7 Expert Members: Messrs R. MASERA P. RICHARD T. STONE Alternate Directors: Alternate Expert Members: Messrs D. AHNER J. BOISSINOT R. de KORTE Ms J. DINKOVA Mr M. HECTOR Ms C. LAÍN Mr R. LEPERS Ms F. MERCUSA Messrs R. MÜLLER A. THERKILDSEN Ms J. UZIELIENĖ Mr D. ZERAH Messrs A. NAWRATH A. SALA Secretary: Mr A. QUEREJETA