MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS SOCIETE ANONYME ("MIG") announces according to article 24 of Law N.3461/2006 and the provisions of Law 3556/2007, that, since 24.10.2007 (date of the submission of a Mandatory Public Offer by MIG's wholly owned subsidiary "MIG SHIPPING S.A." for the purchase of securities to the shareholders of "BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A." for the acquisition of all offered shares), it has acquired in total 269,829 shares of "BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A." as follows:
(1) during the trading session of 30.10.2007, MIG acquired 19,829 shares at the price of Euro 3.76 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to Euro 74,557.04,
(2) during the trading session of 31.10.2007, MIG acquired 100,000 shares at the price of Euro 3.78 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to Euro 378,000 and
(3) during the trading session of 1.11.2007, MIG acquired 150,000 shares at the price of Euro 3.78 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to Euro 567,000.
Subsequently, MIG's total holding in the share capital and voting rights of "BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A." amounts to 49.12 %, out of which 0.326 % corresponds to 342,039 shares held directly by MIG, and 48,795 % corresponds to 51,235,000 shares held indirectly by MIG through its participation in "ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A.".