Banco Patagonia S.A. : Notice of meeting

NOTICE OF MEETING

Notice is given to the Shareholders of Banco Patagonia S.A. of the General Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting, to be held on April 26, 2012 at 4.00 p.m., at its head office and corporate headquarters situated at Tte. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 500 of the City of Buenos Aires, in order to consider the following Agenda:
1) Appointment of two shareholders to sign the Minutes.
2) Examination of the documents mentioned in Law 19,550, section 234 (Financial Statements, Statutory Audit Committee's Report, Annual Report and Allocation of Profits/Losses) for fiscal year ended on December 31, 2011.
3) Examination of the allocation of profits/losses as of the close of fiscal year ended on
December 31, 2011.
4) Examination of Board members' performance.
5) Examination of Board members' compensation for fiscal year ended on December 31,
2011, pursuant to Law 19,550, section 261, and the Argentine Securities Commission regulations, considering the proposal not to distribute dividends by reason of the provisions of BCRA Communiqués "A" 5272 and 5273.
6) Appointment of new Directors.
7) Examination of the Statutory Audit Committee members' performance.
8) Fees to be paid to the Statutory Audit Committee members.
9) Election of members of the Statutory Audit Committee for Fiscal Year 2012.
10) Consideration of the creation of a global program for the issue of simple corporate bonds, in the maximum outstanding amount, at any time during the force of the program, of up to USD 250,000,000.00 (two hundred and fifty million U.S. dollars), or the equivalent thereof in other currencies.
11) Delegation of powers upon the Board of Directors and authorization to subdelegate under the global program for the issue of corporate bonds, as provided for in the above item.
12) Appointment of the Company's External Auditor for fiscal year 2012.
13) Establishment of the budget for the Audit Committee - CNV.
14) Authorization to comply with the resolutions adopted by the Shareholders' Meeting.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTES: 1) Shareholders are hereby reminded that in accordance with the provisions of Law 19,550, Section 238, in order to attend the Meeting the Shareholders shall cause a certificate of the book-entry shares account issued by Caja de Valores S.A. deposited and submit proof of their identity and of whomever represents them validly, if applicable, at Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 500, 3rd floor, City of Buenos Aires, for the purposes of being registered in the Registry Book of Attendance to Shareholders' Meetings on business days from 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. until April 20, 2012 by 05:00 p.m. 2) Shareholders that are foreign companies are reminded that in accordance with the provisions of the General

Board of Legal Persons (I.G.J.) Resolution 7/2005 (as amended), Section 223 and related Sections, in order to attend the Meeting foreign shareholders shall comply with the provisions of Law 19,550, Section 123, or Section 118, paragraph 3. 3) In accordance with the provisions of the Argentine Securities Commission Regulations, at the time of delivery of the attendance notice and actual presence at the meeting, Stockholders shall submit proof of the following regarding the stockholders and their proxies, respectively: name and family name or full company name, type and number of identity document or registration number in the case of legal persons, together with the name of the Registry in which they are registered and jurisdiction thereof, address and capacity in which they are attending the Meeting. The same information will be provided by anyone attending the Meeting as a shareholder's proxy.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jorge G. Stuart Milne João C.de Nóbrega Pecego
President Vice-President