It is hereby announced that on October 17, 2008, MOTOR OIL HOLDINGS S.A. purchased 14,000 MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) S.A. shares of total value euro 119,060. 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.
The above individuals are, respectively, Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Executive Member of the BoD of MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) S.A. and, therefore, obliged to acknowledge their stock exchange transactions on Company shares according to article 13 of Law 3340/2005.