It is announced that pursuant to the decision of the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders held on 30 June 2006 the dividend for 2005 amounts to Euro 0,035 per share. Beneficiaries of the dividend for the year 2005 are all shareholders at the end of the trading session of Athens Exchange on Friday, 18 August 2006. The ex-dividend date will be on 21 August 2006. Thus, shares will be traded on Athens Exchange from Monday 21 August 2006 with no right to the dividend of 2005. The dividend payment will commence on 29 August 2006 and will expire on 31 December 2006. The dividend payment will be made through PIRAEUS BANK S.A. as follows 1. Through the operators of S.A.T. pursuant to the process provided by article 329 of Athens Exchange Rulebook and the article 39 of the Central Securities Depository Regulations 2. Through the branch network of PIRAEUS BANK S.A. for those shareholders who have asked the exception of their operator at the Dematerialized Securities System 3. Those shareholders not credited by their operators for any reason will be able collect the dividend through the branch network of PIRAEUS BANK S.A. The collection of the dividend for cases 2 & 3, will be done in person by shareholders by showing their identification card or through their legal representatives. For more information shareholders may contact the Shareholders' Service Department, tel 210-9886187.