"ALFA-BETA" VASSILOPOULOS (Athens Stock Exchange: BASIK) announced today the financial results for first nine months 2008, in which are included HOLDING AND FOOD TRADING COMPANY SINGLE PARTNER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY & CO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, (former PLUS HELLAS Ε.P.Ε. & SIA Ε.Ε., renamed pursuant to Law 3190/1955) and HOLDING AND FOOD TRADING COMPANY SINGLE PARTNER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, (former PLUS HELLAS Ε.P.Ε., renamed pursuant to Law 3190/1955) that were acquired in Q2 2008. For this reason, the financial results of 30.09.2008 are not comparable to these of the prior year's corresponding period.