ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING SALE OF OUTSTANDING FRACTIONAL BALANCES ARISING FROM THE TENDER OFFER SUBMITTED BY NBG ON 05.10.2012 TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. TO ACQUIRE THE AGGREGATE COMMON REGISTERED SHARES OF EUROBANK ERGASIAS
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING SALE OF OUTSTANDING FRACTIONAL BALANCES ARISING FROM THE TENDER OFFER SUBMITTED BY NBG ON 05.10.2012 TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. TO ACQUIRE THE AGGREGATE COMMON REGISTERED SHARES OF EUROBANK ERGASIAS
National Bank of Greece S.A. (the Bank) informs investors that during the said tender offer process 466,397,790 common registered shares (partial coverage of 84.35%) of banking corporation Eurobank ErgasiasS.A.were exchanged for 270,510,718 New Shares of the Bank.
Because the share exchange ratio does not correspond to a whole number (58/100), fractional balances arose amounting in total to 22,405 New Shares of the Bank.
Pursuant to the decisions of the 2nd Repeat General Meeting of Shareholders of the Bank held on 29 April 2013 to carry out a reverse split at a ratio of 10 old common shares to 1 new common share of the Bank, the 22,405 old shares were combined into 2,240 new shares of the Bank, of a nominal value of €0.30 each.
By virtue of NBG Board decision 1471/07.01.2013, the 2,240 shares were sold on8 September 2013via the Athens Exchange. The total proceeds of the sale amounted to €6,060.69.
As of 8 October 2013, shareholders of Eurobank Ergasias S.A. presenting outstanding fractional balances under the exchange of their shares for shares of the Bank can collect the amount they are entitled to from the sale of their outstanding fractional balance, as follows:
- NBG shareholders-customers (operator 552 NBG Customer Custodian) will have the amounts credited through their linked accounts. NBG shareholders-customers who do not have a dividend-linked account can come in person, or by their duly authorized proxy, to any of the Bank's branches, presenting their official ID.
- Shareholders whose operator is HelexS.A.(9999999999), can also come in person, or by their duly authorized proxy, to the Bank's branches, presenting their official ID.
- All other shareholders will collect the amount due to them via their DSS share account operators.
Athens,3 October 2013