Chipita International S.A announces that the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Company shareholders of June 1st, 2006 approved the distribution of a dividend amount of Euro 0,06 per share for the fiscal year 2005. Shareholders entitled to the dividend are the owners of the shares of the Company at the closing of the trading day of the Athens Stock Exchange (A.S.E) of June 26th, 2006 according to the clearing of the Central Securities Depository (C.S.D) S.A. as of June 27th, 2006 the shares will trade ex-dividend for the year 2005. The payment of the dividend for the year 2005 to the shareholders will be effected according to one of the following options through the payee bank ALPHA BANK on July 5th, 2006:
1. Through the Dematerialized Securities System (S.A.T) Operators (banks, brokerage - securities firms) according to the newly established payment procedure defined in article 329 of the A.S.E Regulation and in article 39 of the CSD Regulation.
2. Shareholders who have revoked the dividend collection authorization to their S.A.T Operators will be attended to at any branch belonging to the BANK OF PIRAEUS S.A. network.
3. Shareholders not credited by their S.A.T Operators, for whatever reason, will be attended to at any branch belonging to the ALPHA BANK network after July 5th, 2006.
For the cases 2 and 3 described above, shareholders can collect the dividend in person or through their legally authorized representative until October 31st, 2006 by presenting to the payee bank a copy of their S.A.T details , their Identification Card and their Income Tax number. After October 31st, 2006 the collection of the dividend will be possible only from the Headquarters of the Company, Shareholders' Department (12km National Road Athens ? Lamia, Metamorphosis tel.210-2885000, Mrs Ph. Zarkada) or from Athens office (Panepistimiou 59 & Em.Benaki 5th floor, tel. 210-3215784, 210-3217155).