MARFIN FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS S.A. is hereby announcing that its Repeating Annual General Shareholders Meeting, which convened on May 22, 2006, approved the share capital decrease of the company by euros 18.867.040 and return them to the shareholders by cash payment of 0,37 euros per share. The share capital decrease will be carried out through the respective decrease of each share's nominal value by Euro 0,37, i.e. from Euro 8,26 to Euro 7,89. Following the aforementioned decrease the share capital of the company amounts to euros 402.326.880, divided into 50.992.000 common registered shares of par value euro 7,89 each. The Ministry of Development with the decision No K2-7869/30.5.2006 approved the amendment of relevant article 5 par. 1 of the Articles of Association of the company. The ATHEX Board of Directors, during its session of May 31, 2006 was informed about the decrease of nominal value of the shares of the company. Furthermore the Initial Annual General Shareholders Meeting, which convened on April 13, 2006, approved the distribution of a dividend of euros 0,05 per share, i.e. it was decided that the shareholders will receive the total amount of euros 0,42 per share. Following that and according to the program of intended corporate actions and the ATHEX Regulation, the company decided that beneficiaries of the aforesaid amount of the decrease of share capital (euros 0,37 per share) and of the dividend (euros 0,05 per share) will be the shareholders of the company registered on the company?s Shareholders List at the close of the ATHEX trading session on Tuesday, June 6, 2006. The Ex-dividend date and capital return are set on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. As of that date, i.e. Wednesday, June 7, 2006 the shares of the company will be traded in the ATHEX under their new nominal value of euros 7,89 each and without the said rights. Also as of the same date the opening price for the trading of the company shares on the ATHEX will be determined in accordance with Regulation 35/24.11.2005 of the ATHEX Board of Directors due to the return of the share capital to the shareholders of the company and the corresponding decrease of the share?s nominal value. Consequently, the payment date of the capital return and dividend will be June 15, 2006. Distribution of the aforesaid amounts of the dividend and the capital return will commence on Thursday, June 15, 2006 via the banking branches of EGNATIA BANK S.A., to operators (Banks and brokerage firms) of the beneficiary shareholders, which have declared to the Central Securities Depository (C.S.D.) that they have the right to the collection of the dividend and the capital return on behalf of their clients, in order to pat these amounts to the shareholders. Shareholders who have not submitted or have withdrawn the relevant power of attorney to the Accounts' Operators in the C.S.D. and shareholders to which payment through the Operator Accounts in the C.S.D. will not be possible will be able to collect the aforesaid amounts through the banking network of EGNATIA BANK S.A. and for the next five years from June 6, 2006, the record date, i.e. up to June 6, 2011). In the situations described, these shareholders should be in possession of a valid identification document (I.D., passport, etc.) and state their Investors Number in the C.S.D. The relevant Statements needed for tax purposes will be prepared by the beneficiaries' Accounts' Operators in the C.S.D. or by EGNATIA BANK S.A., depending on the way each shareholder will choose for the return of the aforesaid amounts according to the procedures described. For further information, shareholders can contact the company's Department for Shareholder Services (phone +30 210-8170245, Ms Julia Katsikadakou).