Den 5. august 2009 gjorde de belgiske myndigheder endvidere gældende, at rentabilitetsprognoserne viste, at kapitaltilførslen blev foretaget på betingelser, der var i overensstemmelse med det markedsøkonomiske investorprincip, idet det forventede udbytte oversteg det, en privat investor ville have krævet.
On 5 August 2009 the Belgian authorities further argued that the profitability forecasts showed that the capital injection was in line with the MEIP, because the expected level of return was above what a private investor would have required.