Announcement regarding the payment of fractions from the conversion of bonds into shares

According to the terms of the Convertible bond Loan of the company, issued on 08.09.2006 amount of €42.432.150, on 08.09.2009 were converted 4.081.093 bonds of nominal value and disposal value of € 10.00 into 8.573.674 new common nominal shares of the company, with nominal value € 1.40 each. According to the term 8 of the Convertible Bond Loan:
In case that from the conversion of bonds, resulted fractional shares, the bondholder may convert only the number of bonds which correspond to integer number of shares. For the remaining bonds the Company will pay to the bondholder’s amount equal to the value of the bond at the Conversion Date.
The bondholder representative “Bank EFG Eurobank – Ergasias” has send to the company’s shareholder’s department the list which contains the data of bondholders, the fractions, the amount payable and the amount of retained tax.
The amount that is eligible to every bondholder may be received from Monday 28.09.2009, during working days and hours, from the representative of bond-holders “Bank EFG Eurobank – Ergasias”, with the beneficiaries identification card. For further information Bondholders may contact the Investor Relations Officer - IR Manager Ms Amalia Karamitsoli at the address Kyprou 9 and Hydras, tel +30 210 4805267.