Share Buyback 2016

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Announcement

Share Buyback

9 February 2016 - Hellenic Exchanges- Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) informs investors that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of 20.5.2015 approved a share-buyback program, in accordance with §1 article 16 of Codified Law 2190/1920. In particular, based on that decision, the Company may buy back own shares as follows:

  • for up to 10% of the paid-in share capital (i.e. up to a maximum of 6,536,856 shares)
  • within the time period from 20.5.2015 up to and including 19.5.2017
  • at a minimum price of €1.50 per share and a maximum price of €7.00 per share.
  • at least 95% of the shares that will be bought back (i.e. 9.5% of outstanding shares) will be cancelled. The remaining shares may be distributed to personnel.

The Company, based on §4 article 4 of the European Commission Regulation 2273/2003, and in implementation of the decision of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the Company of 20.5.2015, purchased own shares; in particular, on 9.2.2016 24,300 own shares were purchased, at an average price of €3.67 per share, and total transaction cost of €89,201.37.

The transactions took place through the member of Athens Exchange "Alpha Finance Investment Services S.A.".

Following the abovementioned purchases, the Company today owns 24,300 own shares (0.04% of the total 65,368,563 shares outstanding).