On April 25, 2005, the 4th Ordinary General Assembly of shareholders of the company HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDING S.A. (HELEX) was held at the historical former trading floor of the Athens Exchange. The majority of shareholders attended the aforesaid assembly (67.24%), which approved, inter alia, the transactions carried out in fiscal year 2004, the share capital decrease of the company by euros 145.73 million, through the decrease of the par value of each share by euros 2.05 and with payment of the corresponding amount to the shareholders, the payment of a dividend amounting euros 0.20 per share as well as the implementation of a stock option plan for executives of the Group for the three-year period between 2005-2007 (up to 702,000 shares, i.e. 1% of the total, at an issue price of at least euros 5.00).

Mr. Iakovos Georganas, Chairman of the HELEX Group stressed in his relevant speech: 'The objective of our Group continues to be the further development of the services we provide, the improvement of their quality, the reduction of their cost and at the same time, the increase of shareholders assets'

Following the end of the General Assembly, the HELEX Board of Directors, after obtaining the relevant authorization from the Assembly, convened and decided that, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Development and the HCMC Board of Directors, the cutting off of the rights of the dividend and the share capital decrease, respectively, will be carried out on Wednesday May 18, 2005 (before the opening of the ATHEX trading session) and the corresponding amounts will begin to be paid to shareholders on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.