ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Α.Ε.

Announcement.

Pursuant to the decision No 3/347/12.07.2005 made by the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. announces that the Board of Directors of the Bank, at its meeting on February 26th, 2009, elected the non-executive BoD member Mr. Jean-Yves HOCHER son of Joseph as new Member of the Remuneration Committee, in replacement of the member of the Remuneration Committee, Mr. Bernard DE WIT son of Charles.
In the same meeting mentioned above, the BoD elected the non-executive BoD member Mr. Bertrand BADRE son of Denis as new Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Further to this, the Remuneration Committee is composed by the following members:
Chairman:
. Mr. Jean-Frederic DE LEUSSE, son of Dominique, Non-Executive BoD Member.
Members:
. Mr. Bernard MARY son of Robert, Non-Executive BoD Member,
. Mr. Jean-Yves HOCHER son of Joseph, Non-Executive BoD Member, and
. Mr. Bertrand BADRE son of Denis, Non-Executive BoD Member