Forthnet S.A. (the "Company") announces in accordance with the Law 3340/2005 (article 13), the HCMC Decision 3/347/2005, as well as the Law 3556/2007 and the HCMC Decision 3/347/2005 that Mr. Deepak Srinivas Padmanabhan Vice-President and non-executive member of the Company's BoD, notified on the 18th of January 2009 the Company of the acquisition of 15,000 common registered shares in the Company, with a total value of 10,850.00 euros, which took place on the 16th of January 2009.