NAT. BANK OF GREECE SA

2nd Repeat General Meeting of Shareholders held on 18 February 2010

National Bank of Greece announces that it held a 2nd Repeat General Meeting of shareholders today, 18 February 2010, in the Megaro Mela, Athens.
The Meeting, attended by shareholders representing 30.44% of the Bank's paid-up share capital, approved assignment to the Board of Directors of the right to issue bonds convertible to shares, as per the provisions of articles 3a and 13 of the Companies Act and article 5 of the Bank's Articles of Association, for a period of five years, up to an amount corresponding to 50% of the paid-up share capital of the Bank as at the time of the assignment of the said right, i.e. € 1,696,353,942.50. The Meeting leaves it to the Board to decide the particular terms and details of such issuance, as well as the procedure by which the bonds will be converted to shares.