The remaining dividend of the financial year 2004 was set to euros 0.93 per stock.
Beneficiaries of the dividends are considered those who possess stocks of the company at the closing time of the Stock Market of Athens of 31/05/05.
Starting from Wednesday 01/06/2005 the stocks will be traded at the Stock Market of Athens without the right of claiming the above dividend.
The payment of the dividend will begin on Tuesday, 23rd June 2005, and it will be carried into effect through the Central Depository Agency of Athens to the stockbrokers (custodians and security firms) of the stockholders, who (stockbrokers) will report to the Central Depository Agency of Athens that they have the right of receiving the dividend on behalf of their customers, in order to deposit to their shareholders or to credit the bank accounts of the shareholders.
Regarding the shareholders, whose stockbrokers will not proceed to the above claim, or whose shares are deposited in the special account, the payment will take place at the Central Depository Agency of Athens (Mavrokordatou Square & 17 Acharnon Str., 10 438, Athens, tel: 210 5214500) during working days and working hours from 08:00 to 15:00 until the 22nd September 2005 or through the procedure that will be announced by the Central Depository.
After this deadline (23 September 2005) the payment will only take place at OPAP's premises, 62 Kifissou Str., 121 32, Peristeri, tel.: 210 5798130. *It is reminded to the shareholders that the company has proceeded with distribution of interim dividends of the financial year 2004, euros 0,55 per share to the stockholders after the closing of the plenary session of the Stock Market of Athens on 03/12/2004.