MARFIN FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS S.A. announces that it intends to distribute to its shareholders the amount of Euro 0,42 per share (Euro 0,05 per share from the distribution of reserves and Euro 0,37 per share as a result of the share capital decrease). Beneficiaries of the aforementioned amount will be the shareholders on the closing of the 06/06/2006 Athens Exchange trading session and ex-dividend date is set on 07/06/2006. Initiation of the dividend distribution will commence on the 15th of June 2006 and will be effected through EGNATIA BANK SA. The Company will inform the investing public on the distribution procedure of the aforementioned amounts according to the Athens Exchange Regulation. The aforementioned schedule will be followed after the Ministry of Development's approval of the change, with a change in the share's nominal value for the capita return to shareholders, and the relevant, and after the Athens Exchange BoD has been informed.