ALPHA TRUST ANDROMEDA SA

Sale of own shares

The company ALPHA TRUST ANDROMEDA-INVESTMENT TRUST S.A. announced today that on 1/8/2005 sold 2,825,540 of its own shares. As a result, its holding percentage on the total voting rights of the company decreases from 9.86% to 0.00%, through a respective change of its holding percentage on the total number of its shares.