Pursuant to Article 9 paragraph 5 of Law 3556/2007, the Bank of Greece hereby announces that, following the increase in its share capital through the issuance of bonus shares (Government Gazette A 107/11 June 2008), which were listed on the Athens Exchange and credited to the DSS (Dematerialised Securities System) accounts of entitled shareholders on 9 July 2008, the Bank's share capital has come to the amount of euro 111,243,361.60, consisting of 19,864,886 shares with a par value of euro 5.60 each.