Disposal of a block of own shares (in total up to 3,092,730 shares) amounting up to 9.115% of the total share capital of the Company.
According to the Decision 12/500/07.07.2004 of the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission the three year period set out in article 16 para 12 of codified law 2190/1920, within which the Company must either sell the own shares or distribute these to its employees, was extended for three (3) months. The above sale of own shares of the Company will be made by way of block trades to a limited number of institutional investors by way of book building and will be effected within October 2004. The minimum sale price for the own shares has been determined to be 11.75 euro per share.