On the 25th of July 2004, Inform Lykos celebrates its 10-year presence in Athens Exchange. This period is seen as the most important in the company's history, which started in 1897, as the funds invested to the company, played a crucial role for the company's development and its expansion abroad.

Inform Lykos shares stared trading at the Main Market of the Athens Exchange on the 25th of July 1994. The company had just changed its name from TYPOMICHANOGRAPHIKI P. LYKOS S.A. to INFORM P. LYKOS S.A. with a simultaneous expansion of its business description to a "Production, Processing & Development Industry of Printed Information Systems". The entrance of Inform Lykos to Athens Exchange and the change of its name declared the precise desire of the Management and the Shareholders to enter dynamica lly into the new Information driven era.

During these years, Inform Lykos has been transformed from a large printing house to a Group of Companies providing products and services in the Information Management field. In this period, Inform Lykos raised EUR 30.6 million with three share capital increases: in 1994, 1997 & 1999. During the decade 1994-2004, the parent company invested EUR 56.3 million. At Group level the net investments exceeded EUR 77.0 million, of which EUR 57.0 millions involved buildings, machinery and technical equipment investm ents.

Inform Lykos' evolution was really impressive. Shareholders' equity was increased from EUR 8.8 million in 1994, to EUR 4.80 million in 2003 for the parent company and EUR 59.4 million at consolidated level. Revenues reached EUR 9.0 million in 1994 compared to around EUR 80.0 million in 2003. Profits before taxes increased from EUR 1.5 million in 1994 to EURO 9.8 million in 2003. Overall, the company's revenues reached EUR 400 million and the profits before taxes reached EURO 84.4 million. The dividend pai d this period exceeded EUR 30.3 million.

Inform Lykos' activity and development, which was realized through the raising of funds from the Athens Exchange, leaded to the significant increase of human resources employed. At the end of 1993, the company had 137 employees and 10 years later the parent company had 445 employees and the entire Group 1255 employees. Approximately, EUR 74.0 million were paid in salaries and social contributions. In addition, taxes paid exceeded EUR 23.3 million.

'I truly believe that during the decade 1994-2004 we accomplished our commitment to the long-term prosperity of our stakeholders with responsibility towards our society and environment' stated Nikos Lykos, President and Managing Director of Inform Lykos. 'In addition, we managed to put the basis for the entrance to the metaprinting era, an era where the paper is not the only mean of communication. Finally, Inform Lykos was developed outside the Greek market by accomplishing the first significant step in Ro mania, a market larger than the Greek one, with great potential for further development. We would like to thank our shareholders and the investment community for their support all these years, and we promise to them that we are going to continue developing Lykos Group with enthusiasm, having as goal the company's expansion to the developed markets in Western Europe and the Balkans'.

About Inform Lykos (www.lykos.gr)

Inform Lykos is active in the field of Information Management and Business Communications Services. It is actually the development of en entrepreneurial activity that started in 1897. In our days it has been transformed to a Group of dynamic companies. Lykos Group is active in designing and printing of different company forms, letterheads, invoices, airline boarding passes, lottery forms, direct mailings and other types of paper forms. The group also supplies security printing material, such as checks and money orders, bonds and stocks certificates, tobacco control stickers and drugs control security labels, and exclusive water-marked papers. Other activities include the designing and development of different software to support data processing, forms printing, billing and statement printing. Lykos is driving the market to the metaprinting era by providing sophisticated contact center services, loyalty schemes, smart card applications and Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) services.