SHARE CAPITAL INCREASE VIA AN INCREASE IN THE COMPANY'S STOCK NOMINAL VALUE

The company’s BoD announces that the company’s Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting that took place on 09.01.2007, amongst other daily agenda issues, approved a share capital increase via capitalization of reserves. The share capital increase amounts to 1.144.408,20 EUR, of which 954.712,46 EUR come from the capitalization of revaluation of the company’s property reserves (L. 2065/92) and the rest 189.695,74 EUR come from the capitalization of a part of the non-taxed investment reserves. Following the aforementioned increase, the company’s share capital amounts to 58.364.818,20 EUR. Moreover, the General Shareholders Meeting approved the increase in the stock’s nominal value due to the share capital increase and therefore the stock’s nominal value increases from 1,50 to 1,53 EUR per stock.

The Ministry of Development approved, with the No Κ2- 504/12.02.2007 decision, the aforementioned increase in the stock’s nominal value. 

The Athens Stock Exchange during its meeting on 23/02/2007 was informed of the above decision. Following that, the Athens Stock Exchange set the date the company’s shares will trade with their new nominal value to be the 01/03/2007.

For more information the shareholders of the company can contact the Shareholders Service Department (tel. 210-6173065, Mrs Eleni Pappa).

Athens, 26 February 2007