Notice of EGM

TRANSLATION FROM ARABIC

Invitation to

the Second Extraordinary General Meeting

EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E.

The Board of Directors of EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E., an Egyptian joint stock Company with authorized capital of EGP 3.2 billion (EGP three billion and two hundred million) and issued and paid-in capital of EGP 2,391,473,750 (EGP two billion three hundred ninety one million, four hundred seventy three thousand and seven hundred and fifty), registered under no. 12665 at 6th October Commercial Registry, kindly invites its shareholders to attend the Company's Second Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) at 10:00 AM on Thursday 25th of July 2013 at "Joy Club" Ballroom of the Mövenpick Pyramids Hotel Giza. Note: this invitation is for a second meeting due to a lack of legal quorum in the first meeting convened on Sunday 7th of July 2013.

The EGM will deliberate upon the following items on the agenda:

1. Ratify the decrease of the Company's issued capital from EGP 2,391,473,750 to EGP 2,389,518,750 through retiring 391,000 of treasury shares retained for more than a year;

2. Ratify the increase of the Company's issued capital from EGP 2,389,518,750 to EGP 2,867,422,500 through the transfer of EGP 477,903,750 from the retained earnings account as at 31/12/2012 to the share capital account and distributing 95,580,750 bonus shares, one bonus share for every 5 shares held by each shareholder.

3. Amending Articles (6) and (7) of the Company's Statutes in light of the proposed corporate actions above.

In this respect, please note the following:

First: Each shareholder has the right to attend the General Meeting either in person, or by delegating another shareholder who is not a Board member. Delegation, to be valid, must be stated in a written proxy, and no shareholder, except for juridical persons, shall be entitled to represent, by proxy, a number of votes exceeding 10% of the total shares of the Company's capital and not to exceed 20% of the shares represented in the meeting.

Second: Shareholders who wish to attend the General Meeting must submit a statement of their shares deposited with a custodian, confirming that the balance of shares deposited have been temporarily blocked for the purpose of attending the meeting.

Third: Any questions regarding the issues reviewed by the Extraordinary General Meeting must be submitted in writing to the Company's management at the Head Office, either by registered mail or by hand delivery against receipt, at least three days prior to date of the General Meeting. Discussion in the General Meeting shall be limited to the issues listed in the agenda.

Fourth: Resolutions of the Extraordinary General Meeting shall be issued by three quarters of the shares represented in the meeting.

Fifth: This meeting is considered valid if attended by shareholders representing a minimum of 25% of the Company's capital.

Sixth: Attendance of the meeting is restricted to shareholders with no accompanying guests. We would like to ask the shareholders to arrive half an hour before the designated meeting time to allow for registration of attendance.

Mona Zulficar

Chairperson of the Board of Directors

For further information:

Investor Relations Contacts

Tel: +20 (0)2 35356710

Fax: +20 (0)2 3535 7017

Email: [email protected]

www.efg-hermes.com