This announcement is sent for informational purposes and concerns investors who maintain an account at the Cyprus Stock Exchange and have Debentures under the code CPBCS.
Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd (the "Bank", the "Group") announces that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission approved on November 3rd 2008, the Bank's Supplementary Prospectus prepared with regard to:
· The offer and issue at par, as well as the listing on the Cyprus Stock Exchange of up to euro 83.841.000 Capital Securities of euro 1.000 nominal value offered to the public, as well as
· The listing on the Cyprus Stock Exchange of euro 116.159.000 Capital Securities of euro 1.000 nominal value issued at par on April 14th 2008, to professional investors, to a limited group of individuals and individuals who applied for at least euro 50.000.
The Supplementary Prospectus relates the Bank's Prospectus dated June 6th 2008.
The Supplementary Prospectus dated November 3rd 2008 will be available free of charge on November 4th 2008:
in electronic form as follows:
· on the Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd website (www.laiki.com)
· on the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission website (www.cysec.gov.cy)
in printed form as follows:
at the office of the Manager of the Issue, Laiki Investments (Financial Services) Public Company Ltd, Etitta Court, 1st floor, 39 Evagorou Avenue 1066 Nicosia, Cyprus
The Capital Securities of euro 83.841.000 will be listed only on the Cyprus Stock Exchange and will be consolidated to the existing Capital Securities of euro 116.153.000, which are traded since July 25th 2008 under the codes CPBCS and ΛΑΙΚΑ.
The start of trading of the above mentioned Capital Securities will be announced by the Cyprus Stock Exchange in a few days.