Beneficiaries of the dividends are the stockholders of the company after the closing of the Athens Stock Exchange on July 3rd 2006
After Tuesday, July 4th 2006, the Company stocks will be traded on the Athens Stock Exchange without the right of receiving dividend for the year 2005. The payment of the dividend will be taking through the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, and will begin on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 until Tuesday, July 11, 2007. According to the new procedure for payment of dividends, as this is stated in article 329 of the Regulations of the Athens Stock Exchange and the article 39 of the Central Security Depository (Kentriko Apothetirio Axion - KAA) Regulations, the payment of the dividends will be carried out according to the following: 1. Through the handlers (Banks, Stock Brokers) of the S.A.T. 2. Through the local branch offices of the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE for those Stockholders who have requested the exception from their handlers of the S.A.T. of the above case #1. 3.The Stockholders for whom was not possible to establish credit through their handlers according to case #1, will be able to collect the dividends from July 18, 2006 through the local branch offices of the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE. The collection of the dividend for cases 2 & 3, will be done with the announcement of the Code Number Investment Share (K.A.M.E. - S.A.T.) and by also providing your lawful identification card at any branch office of the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE. The collection will be done by a legally authorized representative of the stockholder and by providing the power of attorney stating full details of the beneficiary and the empowered representative, authenticated by the legal authorities. All handlers/dealers are kindly requested to contact Mr. Ioanni Xidi, at the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE at the Subdivision of Private Investors and Stock Exchange Custodian, Karegeorgi Servias 6, 3rd floor, Syntagma Square, tel. 210-3340611, or Mr. Elias Dimitriou at tel. 210-3340613. Our Company's Stockholders will be served from all branch offices of the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE. For further information or clarifications, they may contact Mr. Ioanni Xidi, at tel. 210-3340611, or Mr. Elias Dimitriou at tel. 210-3340613, as well as our Company's Office of Investor Relations at 210-6287245 or 210-6862454. From Wednesday, July 11, 2007, the payment of the dividend will be conducted only from our central company offices (Distomou 5-7, Maroussi).