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Εισαγωγή μετοχών από αύξηση μετοχικού κεφαλαίου μετά από άσκηση δικαιωμάτων προαίρεσης αγοράς μετοχών της Εταιρείας (stock option plan)
18 December 2006 - The Company HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY announces that on December 21st 2006, the 41,000 new common registered shares of the Company, which resulted from the stock option plan to 18 executives of the Company and associated with it companies, at a price of 4.75 per share, will be listed for trading at Athens Exchange (ATHEX), in accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company of 25.4.2005, and decisions of 19.09.2005, 17.04.2006 and 17.07.2006 of the Board of Directors.
The abovementioned increase, which is not a direct modification of the Company's Articles of Association, was certified by the Board of Directors of the Company on 1.12.2006, in compliance with the decision of the abovementioned General Meeting, and was registered in the Companies Register with announcement number Κ2-16960/5.12.2006.
The Board of Directors of the Capital Market Commission, at its meeting of 14.12.2006 approved the listing for trading of the abovementioned 41,000 common registered shares of the Company.
By decision of the Board of Directors of the Company, the abovementioned new shares will be listed at ATHEX on 21.12.2006. On that same date, the start of day price of the shares of the Company at ATHEX will be set in accordance with the ATHEX Rulebook and Decision #35 of the BoD of ATHEX, and by that same date the new shares will have been credited to the accounts of the beneficiary shareholders in the Dematerialized Securities System (D.S.S.).
For more information, shareholders can obtain the relevant information document, which has been available since 7.12.2006 both in hard copy at the offices of the Company (1 Pesmazoglou St., 4th floor, Athens (GREECE) and in electronic form at the website of the Company (www.helex.gr). Additionally investors can contact the Strategic Planning, Communication & Investor Relations Directorate of the Company (tel +30-210 336 6616).
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Contact:
Simos Spyrou Director, Strategic Planning, Communication & I.R.
+30 210 336-6934
Stelios Constantinou Head, IR & Strategic Planning Dept.
+30 210 336-6708
or via email: Investor-Relations@helex.gr