ANNOUNCEMENT
DOCUMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION UNDER L. 3401/2005 (article 4 par. 2.f) REGARDING THE ADMISSION TO TRADING IN THE ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE OF 204,000 NEW SHARES OF GR. SARANTIS SA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS STOCK OPTION PLAN
GR SARANTIS SA. (SARANTIS or the Company), in the framework of implementing the Stock Option Plan that has been introduced for the senior executives of the Company and other companies of the Sarantis Group in the sense of article 42e of Codified Law 2190/1920 (the Plan) and has been approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders of 18.07.2001 and modified by subsequent General Meetings, including the Repeated General Shareholders Meeting of 03/07/2007, hereby informs the public of the following:
- In the framework of the implementation of the Company’s Stock Option Plan, all 18 senior Company and Group executives, to whom the stock options were granted , exercised their option.
- The Board of Directors has approved the Company’s share capital increase, amounting to 314,160.00 Euro and the issue of 204,000 new ordinary registered shares of a nominal value of 1.54 Euro each.
- Following this, the Company’s Board of Directors with its No 1499/12.12.2007 resolution verified the payment, by 18 entitled persons in total, of the amount of the aforementioned share capital increase in cash, which was completed on 12.12.2007. On 18.12.2007 the Greek Ministry of Development registered at the Register for Societes Anonymes, through K2-17927 and K2-17926 Announcements, elements of the Company regarding the aforementioned share capital increase and the verification of its payment, correspondingly.
- Τhe issue price of the aforementioned new shares which are going to be admitted to trading in the Athens Stock Exchange is equal to 4 euro per share.
- After the aforementioned increase, SARANTIS share capital amounts to 59,060,447.60 Euro divided into 38,350,940 registered shares, with a nominal value of 1.54 Euro each.
- SARANTIS will take all necessary actions, according to the respective Laws, for the new 204,000 shares to be admitted to trading in the Athens Stock Exchange.
About the present Document
The persons who are responsible for the information contained in this document are the following:
- Konstantinos Rozakeas, Chief Financial Officer, 26 Amaroussiou – Halandriou Str., 15125, tel.: (+30) 210 61 73000
- Konstantinos Stamatiou, Legal Advisor, 26 Amaroussiou – Halandriou Str., 151 25, tel.: (+30) 210 61 73000
- Eleni Pappa, Investor Relations Manager, 26 Amaroussiou – Halandriou Str., 151 25, tel.: (+30) 210 61 73000
Copies of this document are available at SARANTIS headquarters at Maroussi, 26 Amaroussiou – Halandriou Str., 151 25, and on the Company’s website
www.sarantis.gr.
For further information you may contact the shareholders’ services department (tel.: (+30) 210 61 73065.