The Company's Board of Directors announces that on the 22 of January 2009, trading of 19,628 new Common Registered Company shares will commence on the Athens Exchange, of nominal value Euro 0.30 each, arising from the share capital increase by Euro 5,888.40, due to the exercise of stock option rights by the Management, General Directors and Directors of the Company and its subsidiary companies in Greece and abroad.
Specifically, the aforementioned new shares resulted from the exercise of 19,628 stock option rights by one beneficiary, at a price of Euro 1.468 each (Program I).
The above increase, which does not constitute an amendment of the Company's Articles of Association, was recorded in the Register of Societe Anonyme Companies of the Ministry of Development with the protocol number K2-15716/30.12.2008 Announcement and certified by the Company Board of Directors on 19.12.2008 - whose decision was recorded in the S. A. Register of the Ministry of Development with the protocol number K2-15717/30.12.2008 Announcement.
The Athens Exchange Board of Directors during its meeting on the 15 of January 2009 approved the listing of the aforementioned 19,628 new Common Registered Company shares. The Company Board of Directors has resolved that trading of the aforementioned shares at the Athens Exchange shall commence on the 22 of January, 2009. On that same date, these shares will have been credited to the Securities Accounts of the beneficiaries in the Dematerialised Securities System. It is also announced to Company shareholders, that the opening price of the Company's shares at the Athens Exchange on the above date will be determined in accordance with Athens Exchange Regulations.
For further information shareholders may refer to the relevant document of Law 3401/2005 (article 4, par. 2, item 6), available as a hard copy at Company offices (64 Kifissias Ave & 3 Premetis Str., Marousi / Shareholder Services Department / tel. +30 210-61.56.000) and in electronic form on the Company's web site (www.intralot.com).