Within the framework of the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission Board of Directors Decision no.3/347/12.07.2005, EMPORIKI BANK S.A. informs the investing public that, due to its share capital increase carried out through the distribution of bonus shares (2 new shares for every 10 old shares), which the Recurring Shareholders' General Meeting of 13.05.2005 approved, 9,886 of its shares derived from fractional rights, which correspond to 20,862 investors. According to the relevant decision of the bank's Board of Directors, the shares that derived from the aforesaid fractional rights, will be liquidated -via a transaction on the Athens Exchange-on February 27, 2006 and the amount from the said liquidation will be given to beneficiaries. Beneficiary-investors will be informed either in writing or through an announcement in the press about the method of payment of their fractional rights.