“HELLENIC EXCHANGES – ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE” (HELEX) informs investors that:

a)    On 19.12.2013 the merger of HELEX by absorption of its 100% subsidiary “ATHENS EXCHANGE” was completed with the registration of the decision (K2-7391/19.12.2013) of the Deputy Minister of Development and Competitiveness in the General Electronic Commercial Registry (GEMI), in accordance with the provisions of articles 68 par. 2, 69-75 and 78 of codified law 2190/1920 and 1-5 of Law 2166/1993.

That same decision approved the modification of the Articles of Association regarding the purpose and the name of the Company, which is changed to “HELLENIC EXCHANGES – ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A. HOLDING”; the new trade name is changed to “HELLENIC EXCHANGES – ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE” (“HELEX”).

b)    On 19.12.2013 the spin-off of the Central Securities Depository Business and of the Registry and Settlement services, as well as the administration of the Dematerialized Securities System and contribution to its 100% subsidiary “THESSALONIKI STOCK EXCHANGE CENTRE” was completed with the registration of the decision of the Region of Central Macedonia (17945/19.12.2013) in the GEMI, in accordance with the provisions of Law 2166/1993.

That same decision approved the modifications of the Articles of Association of Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Centre, including among others the modification of the purpose, the transfer of its headquarters to the Municipality of Athens, the change of the name of the Company to “HELLENIC CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORY”, the change of the trade name to “HCSD” and the increase in the share capital by the amount of EUR21,078,000 due to the absorption of the business that was contributed.

c)    The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) approved (decision 667/9.12.2013) the transfer of the administration of the Dematerialized Securities System from HELEX to HCSD and revoked (HCMC decision 2/507/28.4.2009; Government Gazette B/998/27.5.2009) the license that had been granted to HELEX to operate as Settlement System administrator.

The Balance Sheet transformation date was 30.06.2013, and the corporate transformations took place based on the decisions of the General Meetings of the abovementioned companies which took place on 22.11.2013.

Following the above mentioned approvals and decisions, and the completion of the corporate transformations in accordance with the law, HELEX is the new organized market Administrator and HCSD is the new Central Securities Depository and Administrator of the Dematerialized Securities System.