ABG announces that its Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on May, 4, 2006, decided the Bank's share capital decrease, i.e.:
1. Share capital decrease at a sum of Euros 1,032,206,666.16, through a set-off of an equal sum due to the I.F.R.S., and a simultaneous share nominal value decrease from Euro 1.91 to Euro 0.77 per share.
2. Share capital decrease at the sum of Euros 45,272,222.20 and a simultaneous share nominal value decrease of Euro 0.05 each by payment of the relative amount to the shareholders.
Following the above mentioned decrease, the Bank's share capital amounts to Euros 651,919,999.68, divided into 905,444,444 common registered shares, of a nominal value Euro 0.72 each. The Ministry of Development approved the amendment of the relative article of the Bank's Articles of Association. The ATHEX Board of Directors at its meeting on May 11,2006, was informed about the Bank's share nominal value decrease. Further to the above, from May 17,2006, the ABG's shares will be traded on the ATHEX, under the new nominal value, i.e. Euro 0.72 per share, without the capital return right of Euro 0.05 per share to the shareholders.
Entitled to the capital return collection are the shareholders that own shares at the end of the ATHEX session on May 16,2006.
The payment commencement date to the entitled shareholders will be the May 26, 2006, as follows:
- To the Security Accounts' Operators of the entitled shareholders, under the condition of the Operators' declaration of having the right of such a collection.
- To the Bank's Branches for those shareholders who have not authorized their Security Accounts' Operators for the relevant collection or whose shares are kept in the Special Account of the Central Securities Depository. Capital return collection from any Branch of the Bank may be realized upon presentation of the Shareholder's Identity Card. Collection by a third person can be realized only upon presentation of authorization, including the complete personal data of the entitled shareholder, as well as the authorized person's personal data, confirmed for the authentication of the signature by a competent authority. The Securities Accounts' Operators are asked to contact the Central Branch of the Bank, at 4, Panepistimiou Str., telephone numbers: 210.3697593, 3697855, 3697598. For further information, shareholders may contact the Bank's Shareholders Department, telephone numbers: 210.3298400, 3298645, 3298613