NEOCHIMIKI INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL S.A.

Announcement

The Company NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A. announces that it signed a contract with a consortium of banks - lenders, for the provision of a stand by revolving credit facility, for a period of 5 years, up to the amount of euro 150 mil, fully paid at the end of the period, in order to finance acquisitions of companies as well as to cover other financial needs.
Banks - lenders are the following: EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A., ABN AMRO BANK N.V., BNP PARIBAS IRELAND, NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A., FORTIS BANK S.A. - N.V., GENERAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. and the proxy banker-lender for executing the payments is EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A.