THESSALONIKI WATER AND SEWAGE COMPANY SA
Statement of Payment of Dividend 2008.
Pursuant to Article 4.1.3.4 of the Regulation of the Athens Stock Exchange, the Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Company S.A. announces that, in accordance with the decision of the shareholders ' Ordinary General Meeting on 26 June 2009, the dividend for the fiscal year 2008 amounts to 0.14 euros per share. Pursuant to L. 3697/2008 the tax rate of 10% is retained from that amount corresponding to the dividend and therefore the net amount of dividend paid per share will amount to 0.126 euros. A cut-off date was set at 18 August 2009. Beneficiaries of the dividend (record date) was set at 20 August 2009 (under the new revised rule of Athens Stock Exchange, the company acts from 1.1.2009 are performed according to the rule "record date". Under the new rule, beneficiaries of the dividend are the investors registered in the records of the DSS as beneficiaries on the said day of determination of the "record date". 25 August 2009 is the date when the dividend will start being paid by the paying bank EFG EUROBANK Ergasias as follows:
1. Through the operators at the Dematerialized Securities System, according to Article 5.5 of the Athens Stock Exchange's Regulation and Article 39 of the Regulation of the Company named "Greek Stock Exchanges SA", formerly known as ΚΑΑ (Central Securities Depository).
2. Through the network of branches of the EFG EUROBANK Ergasias Bank, for those shareholders who have requested exclusion from their operator at the Dematerialized Securities System.
3. As regards these shareholders for whom it may not be possible for various reasons to credit through their operators, these shareholders will be able to collect the dividend either in person or through their legal authorized representatives at the EFG EUROBANK Ergasias Bank, in all of its branches and they must present their ID card or the beneficiary's relevant authorization respectively, which shall be examined by a Public Authority in order to verify the authenticity of the signature. In either case, they must present a printed document containing the KAME's (Investor's Dividend Code Number at the Dematerialized Securities System) details.
Dividends that are not collected within five (5) years shall be time-barred in favour of the Greek State. For further information the Shareholders may contact the company's Service of Shareholders and Company Announcements (2310 286613 ).
1. Through the operators at the Dematerialized Securities System, according to Article 5.5 of the Athens Stock Exchange's Regulation and Article 39 of the Regulation of the Company named "Greek Stock Exchanges SA", formerly known as ΚΑΑ (Central Securities Depository).
2. Through the network of branches of the EFG EUROBANK Ergasias Bank, for those shareholders who have requested exclusion from their operator at the Dematerialized Securities System.
3. As regards these shareholders for whom it may not be possible for various reasons to credit through their operators, these shareholders will be able to collect the dividend either in person or through their legal authorized representatives at the EFG EUROBANK Ergasias Bank, in all of its branches and they must present their ID card or the beneficiary's relevant authorization respectively, which shall be examined by a Public Authority in order to verify the authenticity of the signature. In either case, they must present a printed document containing the KAME's (Investor's Dividend Code Number at the Dematerialized Securities System) details.
Dividends that are not collected within five (5) years shall be time-barred in favour of the Greek State. For further information the Shareholders may contact the company's Service of Shareholders and Company Announcements (2310 286613 ).