"MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS S.A." (hereinafter "the Issuer") hereby announces, in accordance with Law 3556/2007 and Law 3340/2005, decision nr. 1/434/3.7.2007 and Circular nr. 33 of the Capital Market Committee that, on 31.3.2008, "DUBAI FINANCIAL GROUP LLC", a legal entity closely related to persons with managerial duties in the Issuer, i.e. Messrs. Soud Ba'alaway, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Sayanta Basu, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, acquired 53,532,184 shares of the Company of a total value of 374,725,288.00 euros.
In this light, "DUBAI GROUP LLC", in its letter of 3.4.2008, advised the Capital Market Committee and the Issuer that its interest on the entirety of the voting rights of the Issuer came up to 6.97 % corresponding to 57,846,374 voting rights of the Issuer. "DUBAI GROUP LLC" holds these rights through "DUBAI INVESTMENT GROUP LLC", which in turn holds these indirectly through "DUBAI FINANCIAL GROUP LLC". Before that, "DUBAI GROUP LLC" (indirectly) held less than the minimum interest in the Issuer.
This announcement contains regulated information, is made public pursuant to the provisions of articles 19-21 of Law 3556/2007 and decision nr. 1/434/3.7.2007 of the Board of Directors of the Capital Market Committee, and is available at the Issuer's website (www.marfininvestmentgroup.com).