"Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding" announces that yesterday, May 8th 2006, the new Board of Directors of the Company met and was formed as a body. The composition of the new Board of Directors is as follows:
Iakovos Georganas, Chairman
Odysseas Kyriakopoulos, Vice-Chairman & Independent, Non-executive Member
Spyros Capralos, Chief Executive officer and Executive Member
Vasilios Drougas, Non-executive Member
Artemis Theodoridis, Non-executive Member
Antonios Kaminaris, Non-executive Member
Nikolaos Karamouzis, Non-executive Member
Nikolaos Milonas, Independent, Non-executive Member
Alexandros Moraitakis, Non-executive Member
Spyridon Pantelias, Non-executive Member
Ioannis Pechlivanidis, Non-executive Member

At its meeting, the Board of Directors decided that items 10 and 11 of the Daily Agenda (regarding the reduction in share capital) of the 5th Annual General Meeting of May 8th 2006, which were not discussed due to a lack of the necessary quorum, as required by law, be discussed at a Repetitive General Meeting which was set for Tuesday 23.5.2006 at 17:00 at the historic trading floor of Athens Exchange.