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Announcement
Special dividend (Share capital Return)
24 May 2007 - The Company HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT & REGISTRY (HELEX) announces that, the Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of May 24th 2007, approved, among others, the reduction of the share capital of the company by the amount of EUR35,135,731.50, through a reduction in the par value of each share by EUR0.50 and payment of the respective amount to shareholders.
Shareholders of the Company possessing shares at the end of the trading session of Athens Exchange on June 29th 2007 are entitled to receive the special dividend. Monday July 2nd 2007 is set as the ex date for the right. Consequently, from that day forward company shares will be trading in ATHEX without the right to the special dividend. Payment of the special dividend will commence on Thursday July 12th 2007.
HELEX (as successor to the Central Securities Depository - CSD) will credit the accounts of the operators, who will in turn pay the beneficiaries. For those shareholders, whose shares are in the special account, payment will be effected through HELEX (CSD) (17 Acharnon St. & Mavrokordatou Square, 10438 Athens, Tel. +30-210 5214100) on working days, from 09:00 to 16:00.