ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A. (the Company), pursuant to the provisions of the Law 3340/2005 and the Law 3556/2007, the Decision 1/434/03.07.2007 and the Circular nr. 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, announces that following the approval decision under registration No. Κ2-15054/23.12.2008 by the Ministry of Development for the merger by absorption of BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A. and the 100% subsidiary, SUPERFAST FERRIES MARITIME S.A., by the Company and their subsequent deletion from the Societe Anonyme Registry, each shareholder of BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A. (apart from the Absorbing company, ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A.) exchanged their shares with new common registered shares with voting rights of ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A., based on the suggested exchange ratio.
Following the above, the new shares that emerged from the merger and have been credited to the accounts of the beneficiaries subject to notification obligation (article 13 of L.3340/2005) on 2nd January, 2009, are as follows:
SIVET HOLDINGS INC - a company which is closely associated to the CEO of the Company, Mr Petros Vettas, 7,868 shares, Mr Yannis Criticos, Group Chief Financial Officer, 2,674 shares, MIG SHIPPING S.A. - a company which may be considered closely associated to the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Andreas Vgenopoulos, 23,824,018 shares and MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS S.A., a company which may be considered closely associated to the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Andreas Vgenopoulos, 4,404,486 shares.