Almarai Co. — AGM Information 2009

Mar 18, 2009

Almarai invites its shareholders to the General Assembly Meeting (Reminder).

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Almarai invites its shareholders to the General Assembly Meeting (Reminder).

The Board of Directors of Almarai Company, a Saudi Joint Stock Company is pleased to invite its shareholders to the General Assembly Meeting to be held in the Riyadh Sheraton Hotel- Bin Turki Hall on 23/03/2009 at 6:30 PM to consider the following agenda:1) Approve the Directors Report on the operations and investments of the Company for the fiscal year ending 31/12/2008.2) Approve the Financial Statements and the Auditor?s report for fiscal year ending 31/12/2008.3) Approve the recommendation of the Board of Director to pay a dividend of SR 3.5 per share totaling SR 381.5 million, for shareholders registered at the date of the General Assembly Meeting. Payment date will be announced later.4) Approve the recommendation of the Board of Directors to re-appoint the Auditors and to determine their fees for the Fiscal Year 2009 based on the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Committee to the Board of Directors. Each shareholder owning twenty shares or more shall have the right to attend the General Assembly whether in person or by proxy, subject to presentation of corroborating evidence or a written power of attorney endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce authorizing another shareholder, other than a member of the Board of Directors or employee of the Company, to attend the on their behalf. The General Assembly Meeting will be quorum with 51% of the capital of the company. Shareholders are requested to attend half an hour before the meeting in order to complete the registration procedures before start the meeting.

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