Fortis

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Information meetings scheduled in Belgium and the Netherlands

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Gilbert Mittler appointed special advisor to the CEO

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Request for a Shareholder Meeting to be discussed by Fortis Board of Directors on 1 August.

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Following the negative credit watch announced on 26 June 2008, Standard & Poor's today decided to lower the ratings of Fortis by one notch. The rating of Fortis Bank, main issuer within Fortis, has changed from AA- with negative credit watch to A+ with a stable outlook.

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) The Board of Directors of Fortis and M. Jean-Paul Votron have decided, by mutual agreement and in the interest of the Group, to terminate the mandate of M. Jean-Paul Votron as Fortis CEO.

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) The Fortis Board of Directors will convene on Friday 11 July in Brussels.

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Fortis has sold International Asset Management Limited (IAM) to its management team, supported by certain third party investors.

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Amsterdam / Brussels / Utrecht / Frankfurt, 2 July 2008

FORTIS (PINKSHEETS:FORSY) Fortis announces that its accelerated bookbuilding offering announced today was completed after receiving substantial demand from institutional investors. Merrill Lynch International, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Fortis Bank have accordingly, placed 150,000,000 new Fortis unified shares ("New Shares") at EUR 10.00 per New Share; the total gross proceeds of the offering amount to EUR 1.5 billion.

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