Piraeus Leasing S.A. announces that on October 30th, 2008 Piraeus Bank bought in the Athens Exchange 40.668 common shares of Piraeus Leasing S.A. for the aggregate amount of Euro 215.540,40. Piraeus Bank is, pursuant to the provisions of Law 3340/2005, a related legal entity with Mr. Christodoulos Antoniadis son of George, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Leasing S.A. (Non Executive Member) and Mr Eftichios Vassilakis son of Theodoros, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Leasing S.A. (Non Executive Member).