Qatar First Bank holds the Extraordinary General Assembly on 31/07/2022 to approve the amendment of the name of the bank (the "new name")

04-07-2022


The Bank’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) is pleased to invite the Bank’s esteemed shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Assembly meeting of the Bank that will be held via the “Zoom” application on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 4.30 pm local time in Doha, to consider the items contained in the schedule of the Extraordinary General Assembly meeting below and its approval. In the event of a lack of a quorum for the Extraordinary General Assembly, a second meeting will be held via the Zoom application on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 4.30 pm Doha local time. In the event of a lack of a quorum for the postponed Extraordinary General Assembly meeting, a third meeting will be held on Sunday 4 September 2022, at 4.30 pm Doha local time.

Details of the Zoom meeting will be announced in due course. Please visit
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  For more information about the registration process.

Agenda for the Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting 
1.    Approval of the amendment of the name of the bank (the “new name”) (subject to obtaining all approvals of the relevant regulatory authorities) within a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the issuance of the extraordinary general assembly resolution.
2.    Authorizing the Chairman of the Board of Directors to take all necessary actions for the purpose of adopting or making any amendment to the new name or new logo of the Bank (the “New Logo”), or the new brand (the “New Brand”), the new domain name, the website or e-mails (the “New Website”), and any other necessary amendments or changes including any amendments to the names of the Bank’s subsidiaries (“New Affiliates Names”). As well as authorizing the Chairman of the Board of Directors to sign any agreements, applications, amendments, changes, authorizations or any documents required by any authority or private institution for the purpose of adopting the new name, names of new subsidiaries, new logo, new brand and new website.
3.    Authorizing the Chairman of the Board of Directors to sign the approved amended Articles of Association of the Bank (“Bank Articles of Association”) reflecting the new name, as well as any amended Articles of Association of the Bank’s subsidiaries (“Affiliates Articles of Association”) reflecting the names of the new subsidiaries, as well as  to make any necessary amendments required by the regulatory authorities and implement all procedures and matters necessary to register the amendment of the bank’s articles of association and the amendment of the articles of association of the subsidiaries with the competent authorities in Qatar or abroad, including but not limited to the Qatar Financial Center and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority.
4.    Authorizing the Board of Directors to search for and enter into new investment opportunities in the health sector or any other sectors, in order to allow the Bank to expand further and acquire shares or stakes in other companies, either directly or through its subsidiaries, as well as agreeing to conclude any deal in this sector or any other sectors. And also authorizing the Chairman of the Board of Directors to take all necessary actions in order to implement these deals, sign any preliminary or final sale and purchase agreements or documents related to such deals, obtain any approval that may be required from regulatory authorities, and provide any notices required by applicable laws. As well as authorizing him to amend the Bank’s Articles of Association to reflect the above-mentioned authorization as part of the powers granted to the Board of Directors in the Articles of Association, to make any necessary amendments at the request of the regulators and to take all necessary actions for the purpose of registering the amended Articles of Association with the relevant authorities, including for example not limited to Qatar Financial Center and Qatar Financial Markets Authority.


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