Pursuant to Article 282 of the Athens Stock Exchange Regulation and Article 24 of Law 3461/2006, J&P-AVAX S.A. announces the purchase of 161,904 shares of Athena SA at euro 1.67 / share, for a total consideration of euro 270,379.68 on August 9 2007. Following the transaction, J&P-AVAX S.A. controls 69.54% of Athena SA's share capital.