With our present notification and in accordance with article 281 of the Athens Exchange Regulation (Decision 1/304/2004 of the Capital Market Commission, as in force), we hereby forward to you the information available to us pursuant to article 5 of P.D. 51/1992 in connection with the sale of part of the shares held by Charalampos Vovos son of Armodios, shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company.

More specifically, the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company, Charalampos Vovos son of Armodios sold today, 24 June 2005, 4,330,500 shares issued by our company, which represent 12.763% of the total share capital in our company. It should be noted that:

(1) The volume of the daily transactions of the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company amounted to euro 54,131,250; (2) The percentage of voting rights of the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company before the aforementioned sale (exclusively directly and without any indirect possession of any voting rights) was 63.7895% and after the aforementioned sale is 51.0265%; (3) The number of shares with voting rights in our company owned by the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company before the aforementioned sale (exclusively directly and without any indirect possession of any shares) was 21,643,800 and after the aforementioned sale is 17,313,300; (4) The percentage of share capital of the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company before the aforementioned sale (exclusively directly and without any indirect possession of any percentage of share capital) was 63.7895% and after the aforementioned sale is 51.0265%; (5) The total number of shares in our company before and after the aforementioned sale by the shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company is 33,930,000 common registered shares with voting rights.