Following its relevant announcement of 29/05/2006, ATEBank announces hereby that, after the completion of the due diligence that took place today June 22, 2006, it has purchased 50.94% of the shares of the Romanian Bank MindBank, at the price of 2.15 of the Book Value as at 31.12.05 of each share and as a total at the sum of 32.06 million Euros. The completion of the transaction (final payment of the purchase price) depends on the approvals by the Central Banks of Greece and Romania. The ATEbank has the intention to increase any further its stake to the Mindbank.