At its meeting of 28 August 2009, pursuant to the law and NBG's Articles of Association NBG?s Board of Directors temporarily elected Mr Dimitrios Tzanninis, economist and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, as an independent non-executive Board member, and Mr Alexandros Stavrou, Secretary of the Board and Manager of the Bank's BoD Secretariat and Shareholder Services Division, as a non-executive Board member, in replacement of directors Messrs. P. Drosos and A. Mylonopoulos, who resigned. The term on the Board of Messrs Tzanninis and Stavrou shall be equal to the remaining term of the said members who resigned, i.e. until the AGM of 2010. Athens, 28 August 2009