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Crédit <strong>Agricole</strong> S.A.Update of the 2011 registration document - A03B. Hybrid instruments (including preferred shares)These include non-innovative capital instruments and innovative capital instruments, the latter with a strongrepayment incentive notably via a step-up mechanism. Hybrid instruments consist of the deeplysubordinated notes issued under the terms of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code, as amendedby the French Financial Security Act of 1 August 2003, and preferred securities issued under UK and USlaws, which come from the consolidation of ad hoc vehicles for the indirect issue of hybrid instruments.Note 5.11 to the consolidated financial statements “Equity” presents, in particular, the capital compositionand details of the preference shares.Under the terms of CRD 2, applicable at end-2010, a grandfather clause (Article 5.II of Regulation No. 90-02as amended by the decree of 29 December 2010) has been provided for non-innovative and innovativehybrid instruments already issued, which do not comply with the eligibility criteria specified by Article 2.b ofRegulation No. 90-02 (amended), in particular concerning the loss absorption conditions. This clause appliesto all the hybrid instruments in stock as at 31 December 2010 and provides for limits as of 2020 to the totalexposures in the form of hybrid instruments.These hybrid instruments will be included in Tier 1 capital subject to prior approval by the GeneralSecretariat of the French Regulatory Control Authority (SGACP).Hybrid instruments are subject to certain limits relative to Tier 1 capital (before the deductions set out initem 3 below):• “innovative” hybrid instruments, as defined above, are limited to 15% of Tier 1 capital subject to priorapproval from the SGACP providing that they meet the criteria for eligibility as Tier 1 capital;• total hybrid instruments – both innovative and non-innovative – may not exceed 35% of Tier 1 capital;• hybrid instruments (including the aforementioned preferred shares), and the aforementioned minorityinterests, taken collectively, may not exceed 50% of Tier 1 capital.Page 99 sur 237

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