With regard to press publications in which Egnatia Bank's shareholders are negotiating the sale of a block of Egnatia Bank S.A.'s shares to the Spanish Bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Egnatia Bank's management declares that, as per its previous announcement to the investing public, Rothschild has been mandated to identifying interested investors for the purpose of setting up strategic collaborations for the further expansion of Egnatia Bank. One of these investors is indeed BBVA, which is currently undertaking legal and financial analysis of Egnatia Bank. Any discussions with BBVA and for that matter with any other investor, have not yet led to any concrete decisions and of course not in regard to the share price. Egnatia Bank's management reiterates that it will immediately inform the investing public if there are any specific developments with regard to strategic collaborations.