ELVALHALCOR HELLENIC COPPER AND ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY S.A.

Notification on the Change of the Participation in a Listed Company

Pursuant to Law 3556/2007, the Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 and the Circular 33 of the Capital Market Commission as well as the Athens Exchange Rules and Regulations, following a notification received by VIOHALCO SA on 12/2/2009, we announce that as of 11/2/2009, its participation in Halcor's share capital and the voting rights has changed.
VIOHALCO SA owns, via its subsidiaries ALCOMET SA and DIATOUR SA, 57,147,634 voting rights or 56.43% out of the total Company's voting rights (101,279,627), versus 54,110,823 voting rights (or 53.43%) that it owned according to its last notification (27/5/2008).
Hence, ALCOMET SA currently owns 4,461,830 shares and voting rights or 4.41% of the company's outstanding share capital and DIATOUR SA owns 1,613,066 shares and voting rights or 1.59% of the company's outstanding share capital.