Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTES.A.)

Kifisias Avenue 99

15121 Marousi

General Commercial Registry Nr (G.E.MI.): 1037501000 (former societesanonymesregistration number: 347/06/Β/86/10)

 Athens, January 15, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENT

It is announced, pursuant to paragraph 5 ofArticle 1 of the Presidential Decree No 82/1996, that the company Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE S.A.) intends to participate, either independently or as a member of an association and upon approval of its Board of Directors, in the Open Public International Tender, with a Request For Proposals Nr 15414/21.11.2013, issued by the “Information Society S.A.” (KTPS.A.)  for selecting the Private Partner for the project "Development of Broadband Infrastructure in Rural “White” Areas" of Greek Territory and Infrastructure Operation Services, via Public Private Partnership (PPP)”, with a budget of 161.077.032 € (excluding VAT), which willbe held on 31/01/2014 or on any other date.

For this reason, we invite our Societes Anonymes-Shareholders, to proceed to the following, if they haven't already done so, i.e. to register their shares until natural person, within the meaning of the above mentioned Presidential Decree No 82/1996, and to provide all necessary information for the identification of their shareholders upto the ultimate natural person. Finally, it is announced that the penalties provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 of the Presidential Decree No 82/1996 include the deprivation of the rights to attend and vote in the General Assembly of our Company, and of all property rights that arise from their status as shareholders, until they fully comply with their obligations as per above.