ELVALHALCOR HELLENIC COPPER AND ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY S.A.

Announcement

HALCOR S.A. (the Company), following the Document for the provision of information brought to the attention of the investment public according to article 4 par. 1.e and 2.f. of L.3401/2005 in the framework of the annual implementation of the approved by the Shareholders'' Meeting share offer Programme to higher executives for the purchase of company shares, informs the public on the final data from the implementation of the Programme, the selling price and the number of movable values offered, as well as of the fact that the company will request that these values are admitted for trading at the Athens Stock Exchange, as follows:
1. Out of the total of nine (9) Company executives (and of its affiliated companies) to whom the offer had been addressed, four (4) executives declared in writing to the Company''''s Board of Directors their intention to exercise their Final Rights.
2. The offer regarded 612,500 new common bearer shares of HALCOR S.A., of nominal value 0.38 Euro each, while the number of shares ultimately offered was 283,300 shares.
3. The selling price of the new shares is set at 3.45 Euro.
4. The amount of the share capital increase in cash was paid in full on 04.12.2006, it amounted to 107,654.00 Euro and was ratified by decision of the Company''''s Board of Directors as of 05/12/2006. The excess amount arising from the difference between the selling price and the nominal value, which amounts to 869,731 Euro, will credit the ''''Share premium account''''. On 12/12/2006, the Ministry of Development recorded in the Registry of Societes Anonymes, with the Announcements No. Κ2-17442 and Κ2-17567, Company data regarding on the one hand the above share capital increase and on the other hand, the ratification of the payment of this increase.
5. Following the abovementioned share capital increase, the Company''''s share capital amounts to 38,486,258.26 Euro divided into 101,279,627 common bearer shares of nominal value 0.38 Euro each.
6. The Company will undertake all lawful actions, according to the legislation in force, in order for the new shares to be admitted for trading at the Athens Exchange.
People responsible for the drafting of the information circular:
Responsible for the drafting of this information circular and the accuracy of its contents is Mr. Spyridon Kokkolis, Group CFO (57th klm Athinon Lamias Nat. Road, tel. +30 210 4898211):
Interested parties may obtain the information circular from the Company offices in Inofita (57th klm Athinon Lamias Nat. Road) and in electronic form from the Company''''s website (www.halcor.gr).
For further information, please contact the Shareholders Department at the Company offices, during working days and hours (tel.: +30 22620-48630).