General Meetings in 2009

At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 27 January 2009, 502 shareholders voted in favour of all the proposals put forward by the Board of Directors, clearing the way for the merger between Atel and EOS to form Alpiq as resolved on 18 December 2008 and for the new company to start operating on 1 February 2009. Atel Holding Ltd was renamed Alpiq Holding Ltd. and the registered office was transferred to Neuchâtel. Hans E. Schweickardt took over as Chairman of the Board from Rainer Schaub. Guillaume de Forceville, Claude Lässer, Daniel Mouchet, Guy Mustaki and Jean Yves Pidoux were elected as new Directors, while Rainer Schaub, Dominique Dreyer and Marcel Guignard stood down.

At the Annual General Meeting of Alpiq Holding Ltd. held on 23 April 2009, the 575 shareholders present approved the 2008 consolidated financial statements of the Atel Group as well as the 2008 Annual Report and 2008 financial statements of Atel Holding Ltd. The meeting also voted in favour of the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend of CHF 10 per registered share of Alpiq Holding Ltd. The acts of the Board of Directors were ratified.