About Dexia: Dexia is a European bank, with 36,760 members of staff and a core shareholders’ equity of EUR 17.5 billion as of December 31, 2008. Dexia Group focuses on Public and Wholesale Banking, providing local public finance actors with comprehensive banking and financial solutions, and on Retail and Commercial Banking in Europe, mainly Belgium, Luxembourg and Turkey. The Group’s main operating entities – Dexia Bank Belgium, Dexia Crédit Local and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg – are rated A+ by Fitch, A1 by Moody’s and A by Standard & Poor's. Three of Dexia’s European subsidiaries issue Triple-A rated secured bonds. (source: Dexia.com)