National Bank of Greece announces to investors that at its meeting held on 9 December 2009 the Board of Directors decided to convene a General Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, 14 January 2010. The General Meeting will decide upon, inter alia, the following agenda items: the spin-off of the Bank's investment property business line and the establishment of a real-estate investment societe anonyme, the election of a new Board of Directors, and the designation of members of the Board's Audit Committee, as per the provisions of Law 3639/2008.