COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. announces that the 9th Annual General Meeting of its Shareholders, held today, approved the payment of the annual dividend for the fiscal year 2005 of Euro 0.65 per share. Shareholders entitled to this dividend, are all the holders of the Company's shares as at Tuesday 13th June 2006, inclusive. Shares will be trading ex-dividend from Wednesday 14th June 2006, while dividend payment will commence on Thursday 22nd June 2006.
The distribution will be carried out by EFG Eurobank Ergasias Bank S.A. for the period of 22.06.2006 up to 31.12.2006, as follows:
1. Through the SAT operators, for all beneficiaries who have authorised their SAT operators to collect the dividend on their behalf, and according to article 329 of ASE's Regulation and article 39 of the Central Security Depository's Regulation.
2. Through the branches of EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A., for the beneficiaries who have not authorised their SAT operators to collect the dividend on their behalf or have revoked authorisation, or have their shares in a special share account or for shares kept in share accounts of investors who have not appeared.
3. Through the branches of EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A., from 28.06.06, for those beneficiaries that, for any reason, will not be able to collect the dividend through their SAT operators, according to item 1 above, until that date.
Dividends under items 2 and 3 above may be collected upon proof of identification of the beneficiary, either in person or through a legally authorized representative. The authorisation must be certified by police or other competent Authority. After 31.12.2006 the distribution of the annual dividend for the fiscal year 2005 will be carried out through COSMOTE's cashier at the Company's headquarters (44 Kifissias Ave, Maroussi) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. after contacting the Investor Relations Department. The payment of dividends for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 will continue to be carried out by the National Bank of Greece. Dividends for the fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004 will continue to be carried out through COSMOTE?s cashier at the Company's headquarters, at the days and hours mentioned above. Dividends for the fiscal years 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 and 2005 that will not be collected by 31.12.2006, 31.12.2007, 31.12.2008, 31.12.2009, 31.12.2010 and 31.12.2011 respectively will be written off in favor of the State. For further information, shareholders may contact COSMOTE's Investor Relations Department (tel. +30 210 6177 528 or +30 210 6177 790).