HELLENIC EXCHANGES - ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A.
1st Repetitive General Meeting of HELEX.
HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY announces that at today's 1st Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of the Company, due to a lack of the required quorum, by the Law and the Company's Articles of Association, the discussion of the following items of the Daily Agenda was postponed:
Item 1: Reduction of the share capital in the amount of 6,396,250 euro through the reduction of the total number of shares from 70,485,563 to 65,368,563 common registered shares, due to the cancellation of the 5,117,000 shares in treasury stock, in accordance with article 16 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
Item 2: Reduction of the share capital in the amount of 9,805,284.45 euro through a reduction in the par value of each share by 0.15 euro, and payment of this amount to shareholders.
Item 3: Amendment of article 5 of the Articles of Association concerning the share capital.
Item 4: Modification of the approved share distribution program to executives of the Company and associated with it companies, based on §5 of article 42e of codified law 2190/1290, in the form of a stock option program, in accordance with article 13 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
In order to discuss and decide on the abovementioned items, the General Meeting will convene again in a 2nd Repetitive General Meeting on Tuesday 26.05.2009 at 18:00, in Athens, at the headquarters of the Company, in accordance with the original Invitation of the BoD of the Company of 23.03.2009.
Item 1: Reduction of the share capital in the amount of 6,396,250 euro through the reduction of the total number of shares from 70,485,563 to 65,368,563 common registered shares, due to the cancellation of the 5,117,000 shares in treasury stock, in accordance with article 16 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
Item 2: Reduction of the share capital in the amount of 9,805,284.45 euro through a reduction in the par value of each share by 0.15 euro, and payment of this amount to shareholders.
Item 3: Amendment of article 5 of the Articles of Association concerning the share capital.
Item 4: Modification of the approved share distribution program to executives of the Company and associated with it companies, based on §5 of article 42e of codified law 2190/1290, in the form of a stock option program, in accordance with article 13 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
In order to discuss and decide on the abovementioned items, the General Meeting will convene again in a 2nd Repetitive General Meeting on Tuesday 26.05.2009 at 18:00, in Athens, at the headquarters of the Company, in accordance with the original Invitation of the BoD of the Company of 23.03.2009.