Athens, 27.04.2018

ANNOUNCEMENT

The company under the trade name "ELVALHALCOR HELLENIC COPPER AND ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY S.A." (hereinafter referred to as "ELVALHALCOR”) announces to investors, according to  article 17 par. 1 of Regulation (ΕU) 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16th April 2014, articles 40, 41 par. 3, 42 and 77 of Law 4443/2016, and article 2, par. 4 of Decision No 3/347/12.7.2005 of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, that, following ELVALHALCOR's  Announcement of January 4, 2018, regarding the signing of an agreement between ELVALHALCOR and the foreign non-listed company with the trade name “Koramic Holding S.A.” for the acquisition by ELVALHALCOR, via a capital increase, of 50% of the share capital of the foreign non-listed company with the trade name “NEDZINK B.V.”, the first stage of the required approvals was completed with the issue of a clearance decision of the European Commission in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. In particular, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation (proposed concentration) and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement.