It is hereby announced that on October 7, 2008, MOTOR OIL HOLDINGS S.A. purchased 16,403 MOTOR OIL shares of total value euro 147,938.94. The present announcement is made in the context of article 6, par. 1(b) case (iv) of the Capital Market Commission Decision 3/347/12.7.2005, since the Board of Directors of MOTOR OIL HOLDINGS S.A. consists of Messrs Vardis J. Vardinoyannis, John V. Vardinoyannis, and Petros T. Tzannetakis.
In addition, on the same date as above, Mr. Ioannis N. Kosmadakis, Deputy Managing Director - Marketing General Manager and Executive BoD Member, bought 10,000 Company shares of total value euro 90,602.64.
All the above individuals are obliged to acknowledge their stock exchange transactions on Company shares according to article 13 of Law 3340/2005.