Athens, 9 April 2013

Press Release

Eurobank`s Board of Directors decided today to convene a General Shareholders` Meeting at 11:00 am on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 at Bodossakis Foundation Building (Amalias 20 & Souri) in order to discuss the Bank`s €5.8 bn recapitalization.  

Within the current legal framework, a part of the recapitalization may be executed through the issuance of CoCos thus reducing the amount the total of the Common Shares rights issue by an equal amount. Existing shareholders as well as other private investors will have the right to participate in the rights issue, while the entire recapitalization amount has already been guaranteed by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund and has been already paid in advance to the Bank.

The General Shareholders` Meeting invitation as well as other relevant documentation will be made available to the public within the next few days.