COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. hereby announces that on January 21st, 2008, 1,175,100 new ordinary registered shares will commence trading on the Athens Stock Exchange following the increase in its share capital by euro 552,297.00 as a result of the exercise of options by 300 of the Company's and the Group's Executives. After this increase, COSMOTE's share capital amounts to euro 157,899,931.00 divided into 335,957,300 shares with a nominal value of euro 0.47 each.
The 1,175,100 new shares were subscribed for as follows:
(a) 752,570 shares were subscribed for by 201 option-holders at a price of euro 13.46 per share
(b) 141,280 shares were subscribed for by 13 option-holders at a price of euro 15.07 per share
(c) 127,310 shares were subscribed for by 36 option-holders at a price of euro 15.95 per share
(d) 103,290 shares were subscribed for by 33 option-holders at a price of euro 16.01 per share and
(e) 50,650 shares were subscribed for by 17 option-holders at a price of euro 18.84 per share, in accordance with the resolutions of the General Meetings of the Shareholders of 31.7.2000, 12.6.2001, 21.2.2002, 27.01.2006 and 28.2.2007 and the Company's Board of Directors Decision on 21.12.2007 respectively.
The aforementioned increase in COSMOTE's share capital was certified by the Board of Directors of the Company on 11.1.2008, adopted by the Ministry of Development through the K2-587/14.1.2008 decision and by the Athens Stock Exchange by a resolution passed on 17.1.2008.
COSMOTE further announces that with effect from 21.1.2008 trading in the shares of COSMOTE will reflect the new adjusted value of the shares to take account of the share capital increase.
Further information concerning COSMOTE's Stock Option Plan is presented in the Document for the Provision of Information under L.3401/2005, which is available at the Investor Relations section of the Company?s web site (www.cosmote.com).