ALPHA SERVICES AND HOLDINGS S.A.

Purchase of Treasury Shares

Alpha Bank refers to a resolution of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders dated 3.4.2008 to repurchase own shares, in accordance with article 16 of codified law 2190/1920. According to the aforementioned resolution, Alpha Bank may purchase, directly or indirectly, until 3.4.2010, up to 5% of its outstanding, at any given time, paid-in share capital, which currently corresponds to 20,548,833 shares, at a purchase price per share no less than Euro 1.00 and no more than Euro 33.00.
The Board of Directors of Alpha Bank, at its meeting on 3.4.2008, decided, pursuant to the above, that the Bank purchase, throughout the interim period from 8.4.2008 up to and including 3.4.2009, directly or indirectly, up to 2.5% of the Bank's outstanding, at any given time, paid-in share capital, which currently corresponds to 10,274,416 shares, at a purchase price per share no less than Euro 1.00 and no more than Euro 33.00.