Athens, October 22, 2013 – The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (OTE SA or the Company) announces that, in accordance with article 16 of Codified Law 2190/1920, article 9 of Law 3340/2005, the nr 2273/2003 EU Regulation, the resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders of 26.06.2013 and the nr 6/11-10-2013 decision of the CEO, it acquired on 21.10.2013 through the ASE member NBG Securities S.A. 200,000 own shares, for an average price of €9.4101 per share, of total value €1,882,028. In total, the Company holds 452,995 own shares representing 0.0924196% of its issued share capital.

This announcement is published in accordance with Law 3556/2007, the Decision 1/434/03.07.2007 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, articles 10 and 13 of Law 3340/2005 and the Decision 3/347/12.07.2005 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.