Pursuant to the resolution of the Capital Market Commission Nr. 3/387/19.6.2006 which amends its previous resolution Nr. 1/380/4.5.2006 and pursuant to the provisions of article Nr. 53 para. 2 of Law 3371/2005, the deadline for the liquidation of non-dematerialized registered shares is extended until October 31, 2006. Consequently, the non-dematerialized registered shares listed on the Athens Stock Exchange that will not be deposited for dematerialization by October 31, 2006 will be liquidated.
Abiding by the recent resolution of the Capital Market Commission and amending the announcement of June 16, 2006, Lambrakis Press SA extends the deadline of dematerialization accordingly and asks any shareholders holding non-dematerialized registered shares to proceed with their dematerialization by 31st October 2006 at the latest.
To this purpose, shareholders that have not dematerialized their shares are asked to contact the Company's Share Registry Department at their earliest convenience to dematerialize their shares, presenting the following documents:
The Share Certificates or Physical Share Titles that they hold Copy of an investor s account with the Dematerialized Shares System (SAT) from a brokerage firm or custodian bank
Valid ID or passport
In case the above documents are filed by a representative, a letter of authorization duly signed by the shareholder and visaed by a competent authority For the dematerialization to be carried out, the shareholder must have an account with the Dematerialized Shares System (SAT) of the Central Securities Depository. In case of shareholders not having such an account, they should contact any SAT account operator, i.e. brokerage firm or custodian bank. The non-dematerialized registered shares that will not be deposited to the Company by October 31, 2006, will be liquidated through the Athens Stock Exchange after 31.10.2006 according to the above resolutions of the Capital Market Commission.
The commencing date of the liquidation and the Stock Exchange member that will liquidate such shares will be disclosed to the investors by a further notice of the Company to the Athens Stock Exchange.
The duration of this period does not exceed 2 months and the net proceeds of the liquidation after the deduction of all expenses and tax will be deposited in favour of each beneficiary in the Deposits and Loans Fund. After the finalization of the liquidation of all such shares, the Company will inform the beneficiary shareholders on the result of the liquidation and the amount that will be deposited for their behalf as well as the procedure required to collect such funds.
Shareholders are kindly requested to resolve any pending dematerialization issues they may have. For further details and additional information, the shareholders may contact the Company's Share Registry Department at 80, Michalakopoulou street, 11528 Athens, tel. +30-211-3659484,3,2 fax: +30-211-3659481.