The Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today, April 3rd, 2008, approved the annual financial statements of fiscal year 2007 and, inter alia, resolved on the distribution of a Euro 0.90 dividend per share.
Those being Alpha Bank shareholders at the closing of the Athens Exchange trading session on Friday April 4, 2008 shall be entitled to the dividend of fiscal year 2007. The ex-dividend day will be Monday April 7, 2008 and the dividend payout start date will be Tuesday April 15, 2008. The dividend will be paid-out according to the procedure set out in the Athens Exchange Regulations and laid down by the Hellenic Exchanges S.A., with any one of the following ways:
- Through the Operator of each shareholder's Account, if so arranged.
- Through the Alpha Bank Branch Network, upon presentation of identity card and a printout of the Account at the Dematerialised Security System (S.A.T), when:
> Shares are operated by the Hellenic Exchanges S.A.
> Shareholder has not provided or has recalled the proxy to collect the dividend.
If a shareholder wishes to collect the dividend in person, though he has authorised an Operator for its collection, he may revoke the authorisation either through his Operator or by applying to the Hellenic Exchanges S.A., five working days before the dividend payout date.