The company announces that the General Meeting of the company's shareholders approved the company share capital increase by GRD 56.4 billion through the contribution of securities of its subsidiary companies Central Securities Depository S.A., Athens Derivatives Exchange S.A., Athens Derivatives Exchange Clearing House S.A., System Development and Support House of Capital Market S.A. (ASYK) and Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Centre.

Through the financial restructure of the HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDING S.A. Group, the centralization of the financial results of HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDING S.A. to the listed company and its more efficient operation is achieved, something that will also contribute to the materialization of its wider strategic objectives.

The steps that will immediately follow refer to the achievement of a strategic alliance of the HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDING S.A. Group with other markets of the European Union, the full privatization of the group, the merger of the Athens Stock Exchange and the Athens Derivatives Exchange, as well as the establishment of a central counter contracting party for the total stock market.

An announcement of HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDING S.A. regarding the duration of the period of contribution of securities will follow.