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25/06/2007
ELLÉNIÊÉ TECHNODOMIKI TEB S.A.
MINOAN LINES SA
ELMEC SPORT S.A.
KATHIMERINI PUBLISHING SA
KATHIMERINI PUBLISHING SA
PIRAEUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY
FORTHnet S.A.
PIRAEUS BANK S.A.
EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA.
FORTHnet S.A.
MARITIME COMPANY OF LESVOS S.A.
ALAPIS S.A
EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA.
ELLÉNIÊÉ TECHNODOMIKI TEB S.A. : Group Presentation
We inform the investors that the presentation of the Group is on the website of the Company, www.etae.com and has also been sent to the Athens Exchange; this presentation which take place 25 and 26 of June, in London, to foreign institutional investors, for the Roadshow, hosted by Citigroup.
MINOAN LINES SA : Cancellation of the General Meeting
We would like to inform the investment community that in consequence of the shareholders application that has been submitted in accordance with article 39 paragraph 3 of law 2190/1920, the General Meeting dated 24th of June 2007 was cancelled even though the necessary quorum exists and it will take place on 22nd of July 2007.
ELMEC SPORT S.A. : Notification of Transactions

The Board of Directors of Elmec Sport S.A. announces on the basis of P.D. 51/1992 that they have received information from the shareholders mentioned below for the following transactions:
1. The shareholder Mrs. L. Fais on June 22, 2007 sold 13.473.830 ordinary registered voting shares of Elmec Sport S.A. representing 24,32% of the share capital of the company. After this transaction, Mrs. L. Fais owns neither any shares nor any voting rights of Elmec Sport S.A.
2. The shareholder Mr. S. Fais on June 22, 2007 sold 15.239.790 ordinary registered voting shares of Elmec Sport S.A. representing 27,51% of the share capital of the company. After this transaction, Mr. S. Fais owns neither any shares nor any voting rights of Elmec Sport S.A.
3. The company "Homeric Department Stores Holdings SA" on June 22, 2007 bought 28.713.620 ordinary registered voting shares of Elmec Sport S.A. representing 51,83% of the share capital of the company. Prior to this transaction the shareholder did not own any shares of Elmec Sport SA.

KATHIMERINI PUBLISHING SA : Announcement of sale of dividend
KATHIMERINI S.A, announces in accordance with article 279 -Regulation of ASE- and the decision of the General Shareholder Meeting, which took place on June 25th 2007, the following: The dividend for the period 2006 amounts up to 0,30 euro per share. The beneficiaries of the dividend are those who possess shares of the company at the expiry of the Athens Exchange's session on the 26th of June 2007. Dividend payment will take place on July 5th 2007, from the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, as follows: - Through the operators of the Greek Dematerialized Securities System (DSS/SAT) in accordance with the new distribution procedure as stated in articles 329 of the ATHEX Regulation and 39 of the Central Securities Depository (CSD) Regulation. - Through the branch network of the National Bank of Greece for the Shareholders who have requested an exemption from their DSS/SAT Operator and those whose operator is CSD. - For the shareholders who have not been able to be credited by their DSS/SAT operator dividend may be collected from July 12th 2007 until July 7th 2008 from the branch network of the National Bank of Greece by disclosing the DSS/SAT (Securities Account Number of the Investor) and proof of official identification or with a legally designated representative. After the date in question (07/07/2008) the dividend will be paid from the Headquarters of our company (E. Makariou & D. Falireos 2, Neo Faliro). For Additional information, please contact our Investor relations Department Mrs. N. Tsironi +30 210 48.08.201 or Mr. Elias Dimitriou, responsible for dividend payments in the National Bank of Greece, Department of Customer Service for Financial Institutions, Custodian Services and Capital Markets Transaction Division, 6 Karageorgi Servias Street, 3d floor, Tel: + 30 210 33.40.613, +30 210 33.40.615, Fax +30 210 33.40.633.
KATHIMERINI PUBLISHING SA : Decisions of the Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the company KATHIMERINI A.E. EKDOSI ENTYPON - MESA MAZIKHS EPIKOINONIAS, that took place, today, on the 25th of June 2007, at 10.00 am, at the offices of the company, the following resolutions were adopted:
- The financial statements of the financial year 1.1.2006 - 31.12.2006 were approved.
- The distribution of dividend of Euro 0,30 per share was resolved. The beneficiaries of the dividend are those who possess shares of the company at the expiry of the Athens Exchange's session on the 26th of June 2007. The payment of the dividend shall begin on the 5th of July 2007.
- The members of the Board of Directors and the auditors were dismissed from any liability for compensation for the financial year 2006.
- The accounting company GRANT THORNTON Á.Å. and in particular Ms. Athanassia Arampatzi was appointed as ordinary auditor and Mr. Sotirios Konstantinou as extraordinary auditor and shall audit the company during the current financial year.
- The remunerations of the members of the Board of Directors were approved for financial year 2006 and 2007.
- A new Board of Directors was appointed, due to expiration of the term of the old one, which was formed into body on the same day. The new Board of Directors is comprised of the same members as the old one who possess the same offices.
- The discussion and decision making on the stock option plan from the company's personnel was postponed for a later date.
12 shareholders and 13.113.567 shares were present, corresponding to 77,13% of the share capital. All abovementioned decisions were adopted unanimously.

PIRAEUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY : New composition of the Board of Directors

Piraeus Real Estate Investment Co. announces that Mr. Konstantinos Liapis, Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Piraeus R.E.I.T., resigned today.
The Board, in a meeting earlier today, elected as new Executive Member Mr. Dimitrios Papadimitriou.

FORTHnet S.A. : Resolutions of the Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders

The company Forthnet announces that the Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders took place on Friday the 22th.6.2007 at it's registered seat at the Municipality of Heraklion of Crete (Foundation for Research and Technology, area Vassilika Voutes) and at 12:30, where the following resolutions on the items of the agenda were discussed and taken. During the General Meeting present were seventeen (17) shareholders representing 16,583,359 shares out of the total shares 38,540,682 (percentage 43.03%) with voting right and therefore the required quorum provided for by Law for taking resolutions on all the items of the agenda was met.
Specifically,
- As per the 1st item on the agenda the General Meeting approved the financial statements (Parent Company and Consolidated) for the Financial Year 1/1/2006 till 31/12/2006 accompanied by the reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the company with regard to the actions during the financial year 2006 and resolved not to distribute dividends.
- As per the 2nd item on the agenda the General Meeting discharged the Members of the Board of Directors and the Auditors from any liability for damages with regard to the Financial Statements and administrative actions during the financial year 2006 (1/1/2006 till 31/12/2006).
- As per the 3rd item on the agenda the General Meeting elected the auditing companies "Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A." and "SOL -Certified Auditors S.A" in order to undertake jointly the ordinary audit of the financial statements (Parent Company and Consolidated) of the financial year 2006, and approved their remuneration.
- As per the 4th item on the agenda, the General Meeting approved the compensation and benefits of the executive Member of the BoD and the compensation of the non executive Members paid during the year 2006 which amounted to euro 398,013 and specifically euro 262,213 for the executive Member of the BoD and euro 135,800 for the non executives. For the current year 2007 the General Meeting determined the monthly compensation of euro 1,450 for each executive and non executive Member of the Board of Directors, approved a bonus for the Executive Member of the BoD regarding the year 2006, while the terms of his existing contract remain in force, and finally it approved the number of the stock options granted to the Members of BoD within the program already approved by the General Meeting.
- As per the 5th item on the agenda, the General Meeting resolved not to discuss it.
- As per the 6th item on the agenda, the General Meeting approved as its corporate title: Forthnet (S.A.)
- As per the 7th item on the agenda the General Meeting approved the extension of the service provision agreement (administrative, financial, legal) between Forthnet and its' subsidiary FORTH-CRS until the 30.12.2007.
- As per the 8th item on the agenda the General Meeting has been informed that, no own-shares were bought-back on the basis of the relevant decision of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 30th.6.2006 and approved the option to buy-back up to 2,000,000 own shares, at a price per share ranging between euro 0.30 (minimum) and euro 20 (maximum). The total duration of buy-back programme is set to twelve months while the Board of Directors has been authorized to determine by its' decision the partial periods of purchases.
- As per the 9th item no announcements were made.

PIRAEUS BANK S.A. : FY 2006 dividend payment to Hellenic Certificate holders of FHL MERMEREN KOMBINAT AD.
Piraeus Bank S.A., in its quality of Issuer of Hellenic Certificates (EL.PIS.) for the shares of the company FHL Mermeren Kombinat AD (the "Company") with registered office in Prilep, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), notifies EL.PIS. holders that, by resolution of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company dated May 15, 2007, the dividend for the fiscal year 2006 amounts to EURO 0.45 (forty five cents) per share, and after tax deduction (pursuant to article 59, Law 2396/1996, as amended by the provisions of paragraph 7, article 9, Law 3522/2006) to EURO 0.3960 per EL.PIS. It is reminded that eligible to receive dividend are EL.PIS. holders of record on the closing trading session of the Athens Stock Exchange on Friday June 29, 2007. As of Monday July 2, 2007, EL.PIS. shall be traded on the ATHEX ex-dividend for the fiscal year 2006. The dividend shall be paid on July 10, 2007 by "PIRAEUS BANK S.A.", as follows: 1. Through the operators in the Dematerialised Securities System, pursuant to articles 329 of the ATHEX Regulation, and 39 of the Central Securities Depository Regulation. 2. Through the branch network of Piraeus Bank, for shareholders who have requested the exception of their operator or the Central Securities Depository (exception must be requested at least five business days prior to the dividend payment date). 3. As of Monday July 16, 2007 through the branch network of "PIRAEUS BANK S.A." for shareholders who, for various reasons, fail to be credited the dividend through the operators as above. In the above cases 2 and 3, shareholders may collect the dividend until 12-07-2012 by producing the "Certificate of Beneficiary of Bearer Shares Dividend" and their Identification Card, either in person or with a legally authorized representative. For more information, EL.PIS. holders may contact the Retail Operations Support Section (Ms. Lentziou tel 210-3288226, Ms Stakia- Eggonopoulou tel 210-3288705, Ms Semitekolou tel 2103288537, Ms Aggelopoulou tel 210-3335384, Ms Tsakiri, tel. 210-3335446)
EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA. : Appointment Ïf Íew Éndependent Íon Executive Director

On 25 June 2007, the Board of Directors of EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. appointed Mr Spyros Lorentziadis as independent non executive Director. Mr Lorentziadis replaces Panayiotis Lambropoulos who recently passed away, for the remaining term of office of the latter.
Mr Spyros Lorentziadis, 61 years old, graduate of the Political & Economics Department of the Law School of the University of Athens, is a Greek Certified Auditor and served as a Member of the Technical Council of the Institute of Certified Auditors (2000-2005). He started his professional career with Arthur Andersen and became a partner of the Worldwide Organization in 1983. In 1986 he became the Audit Division Head of Andersen's practice in Cairo, Egypt. In 1991 he returned to Athens and in 1998 took over as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Andersen, Greece. In 2002 he joined, as a Consultant, the Southeastern European Practice of Ernst & Young. In early 2005 he was appointed Executive Management Advisor on matters of Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting to Emporiki Bank, and later on became a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Emporiki Bank and of its subsidiaries in the Balkans. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Athens International Airport/ Eleftherios Venizelos and also a member of the Board of several Non-Profit Organisations which promote the Concept of Voluntary Work and of Gifts and Contributions in Greece.
The appointment will be submitted for ratification at the forthcoming General Shareholders Meeting.-

FORTHnet S.A. : Purchase of own shares
In accordance with the article 290 of the Athens Exchange Regulation, Forthnet announces that the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place on June 22nd 2007 approved the buy-back of up to 2,000,000 own shares, at a price per share ranging between Euro 0.30 (minimum) and Euro 20 (maximum). The duration of buy-back programme is set to twelve months while the Board of Directors has been authorized to determine by its' decision the partial periods of purchases.
MARITIME COMPANY OF LESVOS S.A. : Resolutions of the Annual Shareholder's Meeting of the 24th of June, 2007

Maritime Company of Lesvos S.A. announces the resolutions of the Annual General Shareholder?s Meeting of the 24th June 2007, in which 75 Shareholders participated, representing 43.896.754 Shares (41,54%).During the Annual Meeting, the Shareholders discussed and decided on 7 out of the 8 items on the agenda:
Item 1: The company and consolidated Annual Financial Statements as well as the report of the Board of Directors and the Auditors, for the Fiscal Year 2006 were approved (43.892.974 votes, a majority of 100 %).
Item 2: The Board of Directors and the certified auditors were discharged from any responsibility for the Fiscal Year 2006 (40.729.143 votes, total number 40.776.724).
Item 3: The members of the Board of Directors fees for the Fiscal Year 2006 were approved and the fees of the members of the Board of Directors for the current Fiscal Year 2007 were pre-approved (43.892.974 votes, a majority of 100%).
Item 4: Shareholders present and voting, (43.892.974 votes, a majority of 100%), elected the Auditing Firm Moore Stephens for the auditing of the company for the Fiscal Year 2007, and decided on the audit fees.
Item 5: The execution of contracts according to article 23a of law 2190/1920 was approved (43.855.677 votes, a majority of 99,90%).
Item 6: There was no discussion or decision on the Issue no 6 of the agenda, which was postponed due to the lack of the necessary quorum required by the law and the articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors decided that the Second Repeated General Meeting will take place on 09/07/2007.
Item 7: The Modification of the article 5 of articles of Incorporation of the Company was approved (43.892.974 votes, a majority of 100%).
Item 8: The Share Capital Increase (Euro 3.170.245,80) through the capitalization of reserves, issuing bonus shares that will be distributed to the shareholders at a ratio of 1 new share for every 10 old shares and the modification of the article 5 of the articles of Incorporation, were approved (43.892.974 votes, a majority of 100%).

ALAPIS S.A : Notification

ALAPIS S.A. announces, in accordance to the briefing it received from its major shareholder Mr Lavrentios Lavrentiadis that:
"On 25.06.2007, Mr Lavrentios Lavrentiadis proceeded to the sale of 19.600.000 shares of ALAPIS S.A. at a total amount of ? 150.920.000 to foreign institutional investors, through private placement, organized by Sal Oppenheim Bank, in cooperation with Piraeus Securities, EMBORIKI BANK S.A., INVESTMENT BANK OF GREECE S.A., and PROTON BANK. As a result, its stake in the company is reduced from 52,58% to 40,59%".

EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA. : Eurobank EFG's Board of Directors decides a share capital increase of Euro 1.2 billion
The Board of Directors, taking into account the successful operational model of Eurobank EFG in Greece and the Bank's ability to leverage its competitive advantages in New Europe, decided today to propose to the General Meeting of the Shareholders a share capital increase of Euro 1.2 billion in cash in favour of existing shareholders. The Board of Directors believes that the proposed share capital increase will benefit the Bank and its 260,000 shareholders, as it will accelerate the creation of a powerful pillar of growth in New Europe, commensurate to the one in Greece.
The funds raised will be used to finance targeted acquisitions outside Greece and to support the accelerated expansion of the group's business, primarily abroad. The Eurobank EFG Group is aiming to further strengthen its presence in New Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region in countries where it is already active, but also to enter into other countries of the region that demonstrate significant development prospects. Already during the first six months of 2007, business development growth rates outside Greece, especially in loans, are estimated to exceed expectations.
Eurobank EFG's main shareholder with a participation of 41.2%, the EFG Group, has confirmed that will it exercise all its rights.
In New Europe, Eurobank EFG is successfully transforming itself into a regional financial Group with realized investments in excess of Euro 1.3 billion, a retail network of over 900 branches and more than 10,500 employees. Total loans in New Europe more than doubled during the last year and are estimated to reach approximately Euro 6 billion by the end of the first semester of 2007.
Since new funds will be utilised to enhance organic growth and to finance new acquisitions, Eurobank EFG will revise upwards the Group as well as New-Europe-specific targets, for 2008 and beyond. Eurobank EFG was targeting more than Euro 60 million of profits from New Europe operations in 2007 and more than Euro 260 million in 2009, taking into account the Bank's current investments only.
In parallel, Eurobank EFG is maintaining its strong growth in the Greek market; the last few years the Bank has gained market share in most areas, has improved its profitability and has increased its dividend.
The General Shareholder's Meeting requested to approve the share capital increase, will convene as soon as possible, in order for the share capital increase to be completed within September 2007.