VIOHALCO, HELLENIC COPPER AND ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY S.A., according to the paragraph 4.1.4.3.1 of the Athens Exchange Rulebook and in order to fulfill its obligations regarding the investors' information, announces its Financial Calendar, for the year 2009, which is as follows:
Tuesday, March 31, 2009: Announcement and Publication of the Company?s Annual Financial Statements, as well as the Consolidated Financial Statements, for the fiscal year 2008.
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009: Meeting with the Analysts for their annual information regarding the Company's Financial Results.
Friday, June 19th, 2009. Annual General Meeting of the Company?s Stockholders
Friday, July 3rd, 2009: Ex- Dividend date
Tuesday July 7th, 2009: Beneficiaries of the dividend - Record date (*)
(*) According to the new, revised, ATHEX Rulebook, the corporate actions from 1.1.2009 are performed based on the "record date" rule, replacing the "trade date" rule. Following the new rule, the beneficiaries of the corporate action (in this case the dividend) are those investors, who are recorded in the D. S. S. on the relevant day (record date).
Monday, July 13th, 2009: Dividend payment date
The ex-dividend and payment dates are subject to approval by the Annual General Meeting of the Company?s Shareholders.
It is noted that the ex-dividend will be effected before the expiration of the current series of derivatives, in which the share of the Company is an underlying security.