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Press Release

1^st Repetitive General Meeting

9 June 2016 - HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. announces that today, the 1^st Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of the Company was convened. Shareholders representing 35,260,973 common registered shares and voting rights, i.e. 53.9% of the 65,368,563 total common registered shares participated in person or by proxy.

The General Meeting unanimously approved the reduction of the share capital of the Company by €14,381,083.86 through a reduction in the par value of each share by €0.22, payment of this amount to shareholders, and amendment of Article 5 of the Articles of Association of the Company concerning the share capital.

It should be noted that the abovementioned amount per share that will be paid, will be increased by the amount of the capital return corresponding to the treasury stock that the Company will possess on the beneficiary determination date.

Furthermore, the General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to set the ex-date for the right to the share capital return of the Company, the record date for determining the beneficiaries and the payment date for the share capital return.

The Company will inform investors about the ex-date and the record date of the share capital return (special dividend) with a new announcement.