8th April 2016

PRESS RELEASE

Following the press release of December 22^nd, 2015, National Bank of Greece (“NBG”) announces that,the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey approved the sale of NBG's 99.81% stake in Finansbank A.Ş to Qatar National Bank S.A.Q. (“QNB”).

Closing of the Transaction is still subject to the further regulatory approvals, and specifically approvals from the Turkish Competition Board, the Turkish Capital Markets Board and the Turkish Treasury