(L-R) Fortis Holding CEO Karel De Boeck,

(L-R) Fortis Holding CEO Karel De Boeck, chairman Jozef De Mey, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, BNP Paribas CEO Baudouin Prot, Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders and an unidentified official give a press conference after they came to an agreement on the sale of Fortis holding to French bank BNP Paribas, on March 07, 2009, in Brussels. BNP Paribas will take a 75 percent stake in Fortis Bank, the Belgian State retains 25 percent. Last month, Fortis shareholders rejected by a slim majority the sale to BNP Paribas as well as the nationalisation of its assets in the Netherlands. AFP PHOTO BELGA DIRK WAEM ***BELGIUM-OUT*** (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP via Getty Images)