HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY (the Company) informs investors that, based on §4 article 4 of the European Commission Regulation 2273/2003, and in implementation of the resolution of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the Company of 14.5.2008, it purchased own shares, as follows:
- On 14.7.2008 60,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of 9.00 euro per share, and total transaction cost of 539,872.16 euro
- On 15.7.2008 65,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of 8.77 euro per share, and total transaction cost of 570,115.62 euro
- On 16.7.2008 64,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of 8.66 euro per share, and total transaction cost of 554,128.24 euro
- On 17.7.2008 840 own shares were purchased, at an average price of 8.78 euro per share, and total transaction cost of 7,375.20 euro
- On 18.7.2008 20,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of 8.90 euro per share, and total transaction cost of 177,940.00 euro
The transactions were done through the members of Athens Exchange Alpha Finance, Agricultural Bank of Greece Securities, Eurobank Securities and Midas Securities.
Following the abovementioned purchases, the Company owns 1,270,849 own shares (1.80% of the total 70,485,563 shares outstanding).