Participated in the meeting, there were representatives of the State Bank of Vietnam, newspaper and TV reporters, and large number of shareholders of the bank.
In 2009, coped with the general difficulties, Maritime Bank has developed considerably, exceeding the planned target at the 17th shareholders’ meeting, expressed by the following criteria: total assets reached 147%, raising capital in market I reached 154%, pre-tax profit reached 168%, dividend rate reached 200%. The above results have shown the utmost efforts of the collective leadership and Maritime Bank staffs to comply with commitments "Creating sustainable value" and ensuring the interests of shareholders.
At the meeting, the shareholders have discussed and agreed through the Board's report on the orientation task plan in 2010, through the Report of the Control Board and voted many other important issues related to Maritime Bank’s development. One of the important issues discussed and agreed was a plan which issue shares to the public to increase the share capital of 3,000 billion VND to 5,000 billion VND; Plan to issue convertible bonds in 2010 with total value of 2,000 billion VND. In addition, shareholders also agreed the location move of the Maritime Bank headquarter from 519 Kim Ma to 88 Lang Ha, Hanoi.
Orientation activities in 2010, the meeting passed the criteria of business activities as follows: Total assets reaches 92,000 billion VND, mobilize capital in market I reaches 49,000 billion VND, pre-tax profit reaches 1.200 billion VND, bad debt rate <1.5%, expand network to 150 transaction points ... In 2010, Maritime Bank continues to develop various types of new business professions to create long-term stability to the Bank. Besides the credit development with traditional sectors such as Post and Telecommunications, Maritime, Aviation ... Maritime Bank has and will diversify the economic structure of credit business investment, focusing on business segments based as small and medium enterprise, while paying attention to the development of individual customers with relative income.
The 18th Shareholders’ Meeting of Maritime Bank in 2010 ended in consensus, unanimity of the representatives of shareholders. This is a big motivation for the development of strong and sustainable of Maritime Bank, to aim to become one of the top five joint-stock commercial banks of the nation in term of development.
Some pictures at the meeting
