The company ELGEKA S.A. informs the investing public about the following:

According to the decision of 27 June 2005 of the Annual Ordinary Shareholders General Meeting of the company, the payment of the fiscal year 2004 dividend, which amounts to ? 0.07 per share would have started from 17/08/2005. Also, the company forwarded a relevant announcement to the ATHEX on 1/7/2005 which has been published in the Daily Official List of the ATHEX on 05/07/2005. In addition, on 05/07/2005 the aforesaid announcement was also published in the newspapers Express, KATHIMERINI and MAKEDONIA.

Furthermore, ELGEKA S.A., assigned immediately to a printing company which in turn assigned to another printing company, the printing of crossed checks of ALPHA BANK and letters to its shareholders, as well as the mail of these via the Hellenic Post (ELTA). However, due to a printing problem in the overprinting of the variable data of beneficiary shareholders of the fiscal year 2004 dividend, the abovementioned (checks & letters) were not dispatched promptly, i.e. until the agreed date: by 12/08/2005.

Consequently, ELGEKA announces that there will be a small delay in the mailing and subsequently the receipt of crossed checks from beneficiary shareholders. As the involved printing companies ensured ELGEKA S.A., the mail of the aforesaid will take place today, i.e.18/08/2005 via Hellenic Post.. It is noted that ELGEKA S.A. has deposited since 16/08/2005 the total amount of ?1,121,901.55 for the fiscal year 2004 dividend, in the special account of ALPHA BANK S.A.