Agricultural Bank of Greece announces that its Annual Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting of May 4, 2006, decided a dividend distribution for the financial year 2005, amounting to Euro 0.07 per share. Entitled to the dividend are the shareholders of the Bank, after the end of the ATHEX session of May 5, 2006. As a result, from May 8, 2006 the share will be traded at the Athens Exchange without a dividend right for the financial year 2005. Dividend payment to the entitled shareholders will commence on May 15, 2006, according to the procedure settled by the Regulations of the Athens Exchange and the Central Securities Depository, i.e.:
- To the Security Accounts' Operators of the entitled shareholders, under the condition of declaration of having the right of such a collection.
- To the Bank's Branches for those shareholders who have not authorized their Security Accounts' Operators for the collection of their dividends or whose shares are kept in the Special Account of the Central Securities Depository.
Dividend collection from any Branch of the Bank may be realized upon presentation of the Shareholder's Identity Card. Collection by a third person can be realized only upon presentation of authorization, including the complete personal data of the entitled shareholder, as well as the authorized person's personal data, confirmed for the authentication of the signature by a competent authority. The Securities Accounts' Operators are asked to contact the Central Branch of the Bank, at 4, Panepistimiou Str., telephone numbers: 210.3697593, 3697774. For further information, shareholders may contact the Bank's Shareholders Department, telephone numbers: 210.3298400, 3298645, 3298613