Announcement - Reply to a request of the Capital Market Commission
Further to its announcement dated 14.11.2011 and upon a request of the Capital Market Commission, “MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS S.A.” (“MIG”) hereby announces the following:
i) The strategic alliance with the ABU DHABI MAR / Privinvest Group of companies (“ADM”) is expected to be developed and fully materialized by the end of 2012.
ii) ADM is expected to become a shareholder of MIG within the next days. The exact holding percentage will be determined though an agreement between significant current shareholders for the sale of their shares, but as it seems so far the initial holding percentage is expected to be lower than 5%.
iii) According to the announcement of the Company dated 1.11.2011, the Board of Directors resolved on the issue of a new convertible bond loan (CBL) in 2 tranches with a pre-emption right in favor of the existing shareholders. Due to constant developments in Greek economy and business environment, any decisions with regard to ADM and the basic shareholders of MIG on the amount of their participation in the CBL are expected to be made at the end of the period of exercise of pre-emption rights.
iv) The percentage of MIG in the company “HELLENIC SHIPYARDS S.A. / SKARAMANGAS” (HSY) will be determined by the 2 parties within the next days after the completion of the procedure of legal and financial audit of HSY by MIG. This percentage is expected to be a percentage of a small minority that will be acquired at a “symbolic” price. The main exchange of the transaction will be the contribution of MIG in managing the investment already made by ADM in Greece.
v) A constant condition on which the progress of the strategic understanding with ADM and the interest of all foreign investors for investments in Greece and Greek companies depend on are the developments in Greek economy.
vi) MIG hereby states that it will proceed with relevant announcements in order to inform the investors in accordance with current legislation.