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| 14/02/2006 |
LAN-NET S.A. INTRACOM S.A. ZENON SA SANYO HELLAS HOLDING S.A. COCA-COLA Å.Å.Å. S.A. LAMDA DEVELOPMENT S.A. MICHANIKI S.A. METKA S.A. FOURLIS S.A. FOLLI - FOLLIE S.A. M. J. MAILLIS S.A. EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA.
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LAN-NET S.A. : Share capital increase due to the conversion of bonds into shares
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The Board of Directors of the company LAN-NET COMMUNICATIONS S.A., during its session on 11.2.2006, approved the share capital increase of the company, due to the conversion of bonds into share capital. Specifically, "Mediterranean Telecom Ltd, holder of 3,000 convertible bonds send to the company a statement for the conversion of its bonds into shares, in accordance with the terms of the convertible bond loan of 11.11.2005, amounting EUR 5,720,000, which has been issued within the framework of the 2nd Recurring Shareholders' Extraordinary General Meetings resolutions of 30.6.2005. According to the terms of the aforementioned bond loan, each bond is converted into 1,000 shares and thus, from the above conversion, 3,000,000 new shares of the same category will be issued with a nominal value of EUR 1.04 each. Consequently, the share capital of the company will be increased by EUR 3,120,000. |
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INTRACOM S.A. : Resolutions of the February 13th 2005 Extraordinary General Meeting of INTRACOM HOLDINGS shareholders
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According to article 278 of the Athens Exchange Regulations in force, INTRACOM HOLDINGS announces that during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Company shareholders, held on Monday 13th of February 2006, attended át total of 153 shareholders and their representatives holding 68.024.145 Common Registered shares with voting rights, out of a total of 132.413.583 such shares (quorum percentage 51,37%), only the second item of the Agenda was discussed and resolved upon, as follows:
A new Board of Directors was elected, consisting of 9 members: Mr. S. Kokkalis, Mr. C. Dimitriadis, Mr. D. Klonis, Mr. C. Antonopoulos, Mr. G. Anninos, Mr. St. Zervopoulos, Mr. N. S. Lambroukos, Mrs A. Pouskouri and Mr. D. Hatzigrigoriadis. The new Board of Directors will serve a five year term, that is until 13.02.2011. From the above elected members, the General Meeting by application of article 3 of Law 3016/2002, appointed Mrs A. Pouskouri and Mr. D. Hatzigrigoriadis as Independent Non-Executive members of the Board of Directors. The relevant resolution was voted for by shareholders representing 61.697.820 shares (corresponding to 90,7% of the shares with voting rights respresented at the General Meeting).
As for the first item of the Agenda, for which increased quorum is required, the shareholders will reconvene in a First Repeated Meeting within 20 days, having been invited at least 10 days in advance, according to the definitions of C. L. 2190/20, as it stands amended.
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ZENON SA : Completion of agreement with MEGABET PUBLIC COMPANY LTD
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On February 10, 2006, the acquisition of 50% plus one share of the Cypriot company MEGABET PUBLIC COMPANY LTD was drawn to a close. More specifically, for the acquisition of 66,785,715 shares of MEGABET, the amount of EUR 3,500,000 was paid from the amount generated from the share capital increase of ZINON.
Consequently, the new composition of the company's Board of Directors is the following:
Anastasios Tzavellas, Chairman
Georgios Pyrisis, Chief Executive Officer
Athanassios Ikonomopoulos
Giannakis Andreou
Thomas Achimastos
Emilios Pyrissis
Georgios Theodoridis
Georgios Petsas
Also, according to the relevant decision of the company's Board of Directors, the issue of the undistributed shares that resulted from the share capital increase will be completed by Thursday, February 16, 2006 and the investing public will be informed accordingly by a new announcement. |
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SANYO HELLAS HOLDING S.A. : Participation in the share capital increase of subsidiary companies.
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The subsidiary companies of SANYO HELLAS, namely, ARCADIA DIGITAL (70%), ARCADIA MASTER (70%), ARCADIA TECHNOLOGIES (70%) and the affiliated company ARCADIA AUDIOVISUAL, which belong in the same industrial Group and is one of the largest units in the production of CD's and DVD in Greece, within the framework of their further development and the improvement of their capital structure, decided to proceed with an increase of their share capital. The total amount of the share capital increase will amount to EUR 9.3 million and will be fully subscribed by SANYO HELLAS, which will increase its participation in an activity characterized by high growth rates, i.e. the market of digital technology products. |
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COCA-COLA Å.Å.Å. S.A. : Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) announced today that it has agreed to acquire, jointly with The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), 100% of the Traficante Group, a producer of a high quality mineral water in Italy with significant water reserves.
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| Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) announced today that it has agreed to acquire, jointly with The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), 100% of the Traficante Group, a producer of a high quality mineral water in Italy with significant water reserves. The acquisition includes two production facilities in the south, as well as the national mineral water brand "Lilia" and "Lilia Kiss" (still and sparkling). The total net consideration for the transaction is EUR35 million (including debt but excluding acquisition costs). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2006. Commenting, Doros Constantinou, Managing Director of CCHBC said, "Through today's acquisition of Traficante, we have gained a very important foothold in Europe's largest packaged water market. Given the significant expansion in cold drink availability and sales force that has been built in Italy over the past years and the recent success of our route to market initiatives, we are well positioned to commercially develop the strong assets and excellent quality mineral water of Traficante. Furthermore, this transaction is consistent with our strategy to expand our non-CSD offering". Commenting Aurelia Traficante, Managing Director of the Traficante Group said: "I am extremely satisfied that my company, whose foundation, strength, and growth have been built through the hard work of five generations of my family, now becomes part of a large international group such as Coca-Cola HBC and The Coca-Cola Company. This is a guarantee that our water brands will continue to grow and develop all over the country". Coca-Cola HBC is one of the world's largest bottlers of products of The Coca-Cola Company and has operations in 26 countries serving a population of more than 540 million people. CCHBC shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEEK), with secondary listings on the London (LSE: CCB) and Australian (ASX: CHB) Stock Exchanges. CCHBC's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CCH). |
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LAMDA DEVELOPMENT S.A. : LAMDA Development S.A. announces that on Thursday, February 16th, 2006 commences the trading of the 244.100 new common registered shares of the Company
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LAMDA Development S.A. announces that on Thursday, February 16th, 2006 commences the trading of the 244.100 new common registered shares of the Company, which resulted from the recent share capital increase by 73.230,00 due to the exercise of stock option rights (stock option plan) from the Members of the Board of Directors, executives of the Company and its subsidiaries, from a total of 38 beneficiaries, 5 of which exercised their rights at issue price of 1,80 Euro per share for 40.600 shares and 37 at issue price 2,00 Euro for 203.500 shares, according to the decisions of the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders on 07/06/2002 and 19/06/2003 and according to the decisions of the Board of Directors on 20/12/2002 and 05/04/2004. The aforementioned share capital increase does not constitute an amendment of the Company's Articles of Association, was certified by the Company's Board of Directors on 30/12/2005, following the decisions of the above mentioned Annual General Meetings of the Shareholders, and it was registered with the Register of Societe Anonyme Companies pursuant to the Announcement No Ê2-307/20-1-2006. The ATHEX Board of Directors during its meeting on 9/2/2006 approved the listing of the aforementioned 244.100 new common registered shares of the Company.
Ôhe Company's Board of Directors has resolved that trading on the ATHEX of the aforementioned shares shall commence on 16/2/2006. On the same date, the opening price of the Company's shares will be determined according to ATHEX Regulation, and the new shares will be credited to the beneficiaries' accounts in the Dematerialized Securities System.
For further information, the Shareholders may refer to the relevant document, available since 19/12/2005 in hardcopy and electronic form at the Company's web site www.lamda-development.net, or may contact the Company's Investor Relations Department (tel. 210- 7450600 Mr. A. Kaffas). |
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MICHANIKI S.A. : MICHANIKI S.A. is the preferred bidder for completion of Kallidromo Railway tunnels, budgeted at 239 million euros
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Michaniki S.A. construction group is the preferred bidder for the public project:
"Completion of Kallidromo Railway Tunnels and related works for the new Railway line Tithorea-Lianokladi (central Greece)", budgeted at 239,000,000 euros. Michaniki's bid stood at 178,019,901 euros, which represents a total discount of 25.56% of the budgeted amount. The project includes the construction and full completion of two railway tunnels extending for around 12 kilometers, of 100 m2 cross section, the construction of another two connecting tunnels, and the construction of open railway track lines extending for approximately 10 kilometers. The time schedule for the completion of the project is 40 months from the signing of the relevant contract. |
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METKA S.A. : Intention to participate in BID announced by the PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A.
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According to the Presidential Decree 82/96 the company METKA S.A. announces that it intends to participate, either on its own, or as a member of a joint venture, in the bid of the PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A. (PPC) (Prot. No (0610194) for the project "Maintenance of one wind turbine (General Electric type LM 6000PC of the Aeolian Electric Station Linoperamaton for 12,500 working hours". The said bid will be carried out on 28/02/2006 and is budgeted at euro 2,900,000.00 (V.A.T. excluded).
As defined in article 1 of P.D. 82/96, it is announced that PPC's S.A. shares are nominal and the potential Societe Anonyme shareholders of our company, according to paragraph 3 of article 1 of the above P.D. 82/96, must hold based on their charter, nominal shares and are obliged to submit to our company a certification for the definition of their shareholders, or according to paragraph 2 of article 1 of the above Presidential Decree their lawful release so that our company can work out the respective special shareholders Registry.
Finally, it is noted that non compliance of S.A. shareholders of our company to the above, bears consequences provided by article 2, paragraph 2 of the above P.D. 82/96 (Deprivation of representation and voting rights in the Company?s General Meeting and of any kind of property rights derived by their shareholding). |
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FOURLIS S.A. : Program of Future Corporate Actions
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FOURLIS HOLDINGS S.A. announces the Program of Future Corporate Actions, according to articles 275 and 292, section 4 of the Athens Stock Exchange regulation, as follows:
22/02/2006: Publication of 'Figures and Information' of the group and the company for the period of 1st January 2005 until 31st December 2005 according to IFRS.
01/03/2006: Annual Group presentation for the financial results year 2005 in the Institutional Investors Union.
16/06/2006: Annual General Assembly meeting
23/06/2006: Dividend record date.
03/07/2006: Dividend distribution.
Payment of the dividend will be made through PIRAEUS BANK SA
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FOLLI - FOLLIE S.A. : Announcement
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| The extraordinary meeting of the Company's shareholders scheduled for 20.2.2006 will not take place following the decision of Ministry of Development due to the lack of formalities required by art. 26 of law 2190/1920. The new date of the shareholders meeting will be fixed and announced shortly.
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M. J. MAILLIS S.A. : Comment on Press
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Further to your letter and with reference to the press article published in Imerisia Newspaper on 13/02/2006, M.J. MAILLIS S.A. points out the following:
1. The consolidation and the audit of the financial results of the Company for 2005 are still in process. With a former announcement to the Stock Exchange, the Company informed the investor community that the 2005 results will be announced on 28/2/2006 (followed by a press release and a teleconference with investors on the same date and at a time to be shortly announced by the Company) and any commentary at this stage would be untimely.
2. In line with its policy for providing timely and accurate information to the investor community, on 28/11/2005 the Company sent to the Stock Exchange and made available on its website a presentation of the 9-month results in which there was reference to restructuring costs of EUR 3.4 million that will burden the 2005 consolidated results of which EUR 1 million had materialized and were reported in the 9 month results. It maybe the case that the projections set forth in the article were based on this inf
ormation.
3. With reference to the expansion in Switzerland, according to the relevant announcement made on 9/2/2006, the Company established one subsidiary in Switzerland and not two, as mentioned in the article.
4. We confirm that the operation of a second line for the production of plastic strap in the Group's plant in South Carolina is scheduled to start within April-May 2006.
5. Finally, the Company confirms that it considers the possibility of penetrating new markets like Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, an intention that has already been announced in former press releases (i.e. 30/5/2005, 19/5/2005, 7/3/2005 and 28/2/2005). As mentioned in the Company?s announcement on 3.11.2005, in response to press article, these discussions are at a preliminary stage therefore the disclosure of further information is not considered appropriate at this time. The Company having as primary concern to provide timely and complete information to the investors' community is going to proceed with announcements as soon as the negotiations mature. |
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EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA. : Polbank EFG launches operations in Poland
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| Today Polbank EFG has opened its first outlets in Warsaw and the phone banking center - Polbank24. Within a month 15 outlets of Polbank EFG (branch of EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A.) will start serving the clients in Warsaw, Katowice and Poznan. By the end of 2006 the bank plans to have 50 outlets in the country.
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