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11/07/2008
GEK GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A. ALUMIL MILONAS ALUM. IND. S.A. MARFIN EGNATIA BANK HELLENIC FABRICS S.A. ALUMIL MILONAS ALUM. IND. S.A. METKA S.A. METKA S.A. EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A. HELLENIC TELECOM. ORG. S & B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS S.A. IASO S.A. SIDENOR S.A. (FORMER ERLIKON) EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. HELLENIC DUTY FREE SHOPS S.A. GR. SARANTIS S.A. BANΚ OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LTD AEGEAN AIRLINES S.A. NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A. Forthnet S.A. SINGULARLOGIC S.A. LAVIPHARM S.A. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. SCIENS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND HOLDINGS SA HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING ELMEC SPORT S.A. BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A. ALAPIS S.A
GEK GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A. : Purchase of own shares
GEK S.A. informs the investors that, in compliance with article 4 par. 4 of the Regulation no. 2273/2003 of the Commission of the European Communities and according to article 16 par. 5 of the Codified Law 2190/1920, as amended and currently in force, as well as by virtue of the Decision of the Regular General Assembly of its Shareholders dated 25.06.2008 and the Decision of the Board of Directors dated 25.06.2008, proceeded on July 10, 2008 through the member of the A.S.E. PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL S.A., with the purchase of 30.100 GEK's shares as at an average price of 7,1587 euros per share and at with a total transaction value of 215.477,00 euros.
ALUMIL MILONAS ALUM. IND. S.A. : Renewal Of Market Making Contract
"ALUMIL MILONAS - ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION INDUSTRY S.A." (hereinafter "the Company"), listed company in the ASE, announces to the investment public that ASE Board of Directors, with the decision voted on July 10th 2008, approved BETA SECURITIES S.A. as Company shares' Market Maker, towards improving shares' liquidity. The Company has signed a market making contract with BETA SECURITIES S.A. under the following terms: 1. BETA SECURITIES S.A. will insert to the ASE trading platform market making orders (i.e. instant quotes of bid and ask orders), for own account, on the Companies' shares, according to current legislation. For this service, a fee is agreed with the Company to be paid to BETA SECURITIES S.A. 2. Market making contract has one (1) year duration. 3. For market making purposes, in relation with the contingent risks undertaken by the Market Maker, BETA SECURITIES S.A. has signed a contract with shareholder Mr. Korda Anastasio (father's name Aristotle), Companies' shareholder, according to which, there is an obligation for the shareholder to proceed into repurchase agreements contracts, to the Athens Derivatives market.
MARFIN EGNATIA BANK : Announcement according to Law 3556/2007
MARFIN EGNATIA BANK S.A. announces that according to the Law 3556/2007, the Decision 1/434/03.07.2007 and the Circular nr. 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that on July 10, 2008, MARFIN POPULAR BANK PUBLIC CO LTD, which is closely associated to Mr. Andreas Vgenopoulos, an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of MARFIN EGNATIA BANK, bought 13,810 common shares of the Bank, with total net value of Euro 72,635.82.
HELLENIC FABRICS S.A. : Announcement
HELLENIC FABRICS S.A. announces in accordance with article 4 par.4 of Commission Regulation no 2273/2003 of the European Communities and article 16 of l. 2190/1920 "regarding Soci?t?s Anonymes" as it stands, that the Company has proceeded to the purchase of own shares, pursuant to the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders dated 23rd May 2008 and the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 26th May 2008, as follows: -On 04.07.2008, the Company purchased 500 shares, with an average purchase price of 0,89 Euro per share and a total purchase value of 445,00 Euro. -On 10.07.2008, the Company purchased 500 shares, with an average purchase price of 0,89 Euro per share and a total purchase value of 445,00 Euro. The above shares were purchased through the securities company "INVESTMENT BANK OF GREECE S.A." with an average purchase price of 0,89 Euro per share.
ALUMIL MILONAS ALUM. IND. S.A. : Shareholder Mr. Kordas Announcement
Mr. Kordas Anastasios (father's name Aristotle), announces to the investment public that ASE Board of Directors, with the decision voted on July 10th 2008, approved BETA SECURITIES S.A. as "ALUMIL MILONAS - ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION INDUSTRY S.A." (hereinafter "the Company") shares' Market Maker, towards improving shares' liquidity. For market making purposes, in relation with the contingent risks undertaken by the Market Maker, Company's shareholder Mr. Kordas Anastasios (father's name Aristotle) has signed a contract with BETA SECURITIES S.A. according to which, there is an obligation for Mr. Kordas to proceed into repurchase agreements' contracts, to the Athens Derivatives market.
METKA S.A. : Invitation to an Extraordinary General Assembly (Correct Repeat)
According to the law and the company's statutes, the Board of Directors following a decision taken on the 10th of July 2008, session, calls the Shareholders to an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 5th of August 2008 the day being Tuesday and the time 12.00pm at the Company's Headquarters (11 Marinou Antipa street, N. Iraklion, Attica). AGENDA 1.Amendment of articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13,15, 16,19, 22,23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38 of the Company's Articles of Association for harmonization with the applicable provisions of c.l. 2190/1920 as it was amended by the law 3604/2007 and the valid legislation on limited companies in general. 2. Codification of the amended Company's Articles of Association to a uniform text 3.Other matters - Announcements Shareholders wishing to participate in the Assembly should bind all or part of their shares through their operator in the Intangible Securities System and receive the relevant confirmation from him, which should be submitted at least five (5) days before the date of the Extraordinary General Assembly to the Company's offices (11, Marinou Antipa street, N.Iraklion, postal code 14121). In case there is no operator and the shares are being kept into the special account, the binding confirmation shall be provided by the Athens Stock Exchange. (anenue of Athens 110)
METKA S.A. : Announcement pursuant to Law 3556/2007
METKA S.A. announces pursuant to Law 3556/2007 in combination with article 11 of Decision 1/434/03.7.2007 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that Mr Ioannis Mytilineos, Chairman, bought, on July 10th, 2008, 6.022 common shares of the company of a total value of Euro 78.541.21. This transaction has been duly acknowledged to the Company pursuant to article 13 of Law 3340/2005.
EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. : Announcement of Regulated Information According to Law 3556/2007
EUROPEAN RELIANCE S.A. (the Company) announces, ιn accordance with the provisions of Laws 3340/2005 and 3556/2007, of Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 and Circular Nr 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that on 09th July 2008, "HORIZON S.A.", a legal entity which is closely associated to the Non-Executive member of the Board of Directors Mr. Theodoros Ahis, bought 307 common shares of the Company of total value Euro 699,96
EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. : Announcement of Regulated Information According to Law 3556/2007
EUROPEAN RELIANCE S.A. (the Company) announces, ιn accordance with the provisions of Laws 3340/2005 and 3556/2007, of Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 and Circular Nr 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that on 10th July, 2008, "FINTENSIA S.A.", a legal entity which is closely associated to the Non-Executive member of the Board of Directors Mr. Theodoros Ahis, bought 1.000 common shares of the Company of total value Euro 2.380,00.
EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. : Announcement
Emporiki Bank will announce its H1 2008 financial results through a press release on Thursday, July 31st 2008, right after the closing of the Athens Stock Exchange, at 17:00 hours. The financial results and an electronic presentation for the analysts will also be available on the Bank s website www.emporiki.gr and on ASE s website www.ase.gr
NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A. : Acceptance period commencement announcement
GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A. ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE ACCEPTANCE PERIOD FOR THE MANDATORY PUBLIC OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMMON REGISTERED VOTING SHARES OF THE GREEK SOCIETE ANONYME "NEOCHIMIKI - L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A." IN CONSIDERATION FOR Euro 19.00 PER SHARE IN CASH The Board of Directors of the Capital Markets Commission (the "CMC") has approved on Thursday, 10 July 2008 the Information Memorandum of the company GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A. (the "Offeror") for the mandatory public offer (the "Public Offer") for all the shares of the Greek soci¨¦t¨¦ anonyme under the name "NEOCHIMIKI - L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A." (the "Target Company"), that it does not own. The offer was made by the Offeror according to article 7 and article 30 of Law 3461/2006 on the "Implementation of EU Directive 2004/25/EK regarding public offers", as in force, (the "Law"), as well as according to decision 17/427/9.5.2007 of the BoD of the CMC. The period, in which the Target Company's shareholders may declare the irrevocable acceptance of the Public Offer by the submission of the declaration of acceptance to any branch of EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. ( "Emporiki Bank"), - starts on Monday, 14 July 2008 at 08:00 a.m., and - ends on Monday, 11 August 2008 at 14:30 p.m. The acceptance procedure includes two stages: (a) Accepting Shareholders must first address themselves to the initial Operator of the Tendered Shares, whom they will order for the transfer to tender 550 EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. of the number of shares they wish to transfer in order to accept the Public Offer and receive the relevant copy. The Accepting Shareholder shall also receive from the initial Operator a printout from DSS showing the Investor Account and Securities Account that the Accepting Shareholder maintains with DSS. (b) Accepting Shareholders must then proceed to any of the branches of EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. during normal business days and hours, having with them the copy of the transfer order, which they delivered to the initial Tender and the printout from the DSS showing the Shareholders Investor account data and the securities account with DSS. At the branch (i) they will authorise EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. to undertake the operation of the Shares by signing a relevant operation authorisation (the "Operation Authorisation") (ii) they will fill in and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of the Public Offer (the "Declaration of Acceptance"), in order for the computerised process to be effected and they will receive a valid copy of the Declaration of Acceptance. All the above documents, including the Declaration of Acceptance, must be duly signed by the Accepting Shareholder. The acceptance procedure is described in detail in chapter 3 of the Information Memorandum. The shareholders of the Target Company can get copies of the Information Memorandum, the declaration of acceptance and information regarding the submission procedure from any branch of Emporiki Bank as of Monday, 14 July 2007, and during the acceptance period of the Public Offer or additional information regarding the submission of the declaration of acceptance at the following telephone numbers at Emporiki Bank during working days and hours: (0030) 210 3284086 and (0030) 210 3284559. Further, copies of the Information Memorandum will be available to shareholders in print, free of charge, at the registered office of the Offeror and in electronic format on the website of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance Limited, which acts as the Offeror's advisor for the Public Offer, in the following website address: www.abnamro.com/dealgreece. The results of the Public Offer will be published within two (2) business days from the end of the aforementioned acceptance period. ¦³he payment of the shareholders who will accept the Public Offer will start at 19 August 2008. Since the Offeror, following completion of the Public Offer, will have acquired at least 90.00% of the Target Company's total voting rights, it shall exercise its right to acquire the Minority Shareholders' Shares by way of a Squeeze-out according to article 27 of the Law - within the provided three months time limit. After the exercise of the Squeeze-out right, the Offeror intends to convene the general meeting of the shareholders of the Target Company, having as an item on the agenda the delisting of the Target Company's shares from the AthEx. IMPORTANT NOTICE The Public Offer is being made in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Law to the shareholders of the Target Company who may lawfully accept it. The Public Offer is not being made and will not be made by any means or instrumentality, in writing or else, directly or indirectly, to any person, natural or legal, in or into any country other than Greece where, under such country's laws, the execution of this Public Offer or the posting or distribution of its Information Memorandum is illegal or contravenes any applicable law, rule or regulation (each an "Excluded Territory" and, together, the "Excluded Territories"). Accordingly, copies or originals of the Information Memorandum and any related document or material will not be mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent by anybody to, in, into or from, the Excluded Territories. It is the responsibility of any Overseas Shareholder wishing to accept the Public Offer to inform himself about, and satisfy himself as to, the full observance of the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection with the Public Offer. If you are an Overseas Shareholder and you are in doubt about your position, you should consult your professional advisor in the relevant overseas jurisdiction.
HELLENIC TELECOM. ORG. : Announcement of Regulated Information
The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (OTE SA), in accordance with Law 3556/2007, 1/434/3.07.2007 Decision of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, article 13 of Law 3340/2005 and 3/347/12.07.2005 Decision of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission announces that: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, where Dr. Eick Karl-Gerhard and Mr. Hamid Akhavan, members of the Board of Directors of OTE SA, are members of the Board of Management, on July 8, 2008 purchased 520,000 shares of OTE SA of a total value of 7,660,946.80 euro.
S & B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS S.A. : Announcement pursuant to Law 3556/2007
S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. announces pursuant to Law 3556/2007 in combination with article 11 of Decision 1/434/03.7.2007 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that Mrs Kyriacopoulos Aikaterini purchased on 10/7/2008, 1.000 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 9.500. This transaction has been duly acknowledged to the Company pursuant to article 13 of Law 3340/2005 by Mrs Aikaterini Kyriacopoulos, under her capacity as Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors
IASO S.A. : Announcement for the listing of new pro rata shares due to split
IASO S.A. Board of Directors informs the public that on the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders which was held on 6/6/2008, it was resolved, among other topics: 1. The company's share capital increase by the amount of euro 28.208,32, by capitalization of part of the reserves "premium on capital stock and increase of the shares" nominal value by the amount of 0,00064 per share, from euro 0,53 per share to euro 0,53064 per share. 2. The company's shares nominal value reduction from euro 0,53064 per share to euro 0,44 per share, by issuing 9.079.553 new common registered shares that will be distributed pro rata to the shareholders at the rate of twenty and six tenths of unit (20,6) additional new shares against one hundred (100) old shares, amending the relevant share capital article of the Company's Articles of Association accordingly. 3. The granting of authorization to the Board of Directors for the settlement of issues relating to any fractional rights that may arise. Following the above, the Company's share capital amounts to euro 23.388.223,32 divided into 53.155.053,00 common registered shares of a par value of euro 0,44 each. On 24/6/2008, decision nr. K2-7848/24-6-2008 of the Minister of Development was filed with the Companies Registry, approving the amending of relevant share capital article of the Company's Articles of Association. The Athens Exchange Board of Directors decided on its meeting held on 10/7/2008 to approve the listing of the new pro rata shares at the Athens Exchange. IASO Board of Directors decided that beneficiaries of the new pro rata shares will be the company's shareholders at the closing of trading session of the Athens Stock Exchange on 15/7/2008 according to records kept by the Central Security Depository. Starting on 16/7/2008, the stocks will be traded, with new par value of euro 0,44 per share as well as without the right of receiving the new pro rata shares. The same day,16/7/2008, the share price will be adjusted according to the Athens Exchange Regulations. The quote date of the new 9.079.553 pro rata shares will commence on 23/7/2008. The same day, the new pro rata shares will be registered in the accounts of the beneficiary shareholders at the Dematerialized Securities System. For more information, kindly refer during business days and hours to the Company's Shareholder Service Department (Ms Scarmea Christina), 37-39, Kifissias Av. tel. 210 61 84 177. This Sheet is available at the Company's premises (37-39, Kifissias Av. tel. 210 61 84 000) and also in soft copy at the Company's (www.iaso.gr) and Athens Exchange (www.ase.gr) websites.
SIDENOR S.A. (FORMER ERLIKON) : Announcement for the floating of new shares from the conversion from another category
SIDENOR S.A. announces that the Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting as at 10/06/2008, approved amongst other issues the conversion of the total of its outstanding 96,129,491 shares form common bearer to the same number of common registered shares. The Ministry of Development decision No K2-8355/30/6/08 approved the amendment of the respective article of the Company's Articles of Association, as a result of the conversion. The ATHEX BoD in its session as at 10/7/2008, approved the floating of the new shares from the conversion. Taking into account the aforementioned, 15/7/2008 is determined as the last day of trading of the current common bearer shares. As of the following business day, 16/7/2008 and up until 22/7/2008 the 96,129,491 common bearer shares of the Company will cease trading in order to be converted to an equal number of common registered shares. The trading of the new 96,129,491 common registered shares of the Company in the ATHEX will restore on 23/7/2008. As of the same date, the new total outstanding number of the Company's shares will amount 96,129,491 new common registered shares. For more information all shareholders may contact the shareholder services department of the Company (tel. +30 210 6861111, Mrs Zairi).
EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. : Announcement of Regulated Information According to Law 3556/2007
EUROPEAN RELIANCE S.A. (the Company) announces, ιn accordance with the provisions of Laws 3340/2005 and 3556/2007, of Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 and Circular Nr 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that on 10th July 2008, "HORIZON S.A.", a legal entity which is closely associated to the Non-Executive member of the Board of Directors Mr. Theodoros Ahis, bought 2.300 common shares of the Company of total value Euro 5.384,00.
EUROPEAN RELIANCE GEN. INSURANCE CO. S.A. : Announcement of Regulated Information According to Law 3556/2007
EUROPEAN RELIANCE S.A. (the Company) announces, ιn accordance with the provisions of Laws 3340/2005 and 3556/2007, of Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 and Circular Nr 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission that on 10th July 2008, the Non-Executive member of the Board of Directors Mr. Theodoros Ahis, bought 100 common shares of the Company of total value Euro 238,00.
HELLENIC DUTY FREE SHOPS S.A. : Announcement pursuant to Law 3556/2007
HELLENIC DUTY FREE SHOPS S.A. announces that, pursuant to the Law 3556/2007 and to the Law 3340/2005 (article 13) and the Decision 3/347/12.07.2005 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, FOLLI FOLLIE S.A., which is closely associated to Mr. Dimitrios Koutsolioutsos, CEO of HELLENIC DUTY FREE SHOPS S.A., on July 10, 2008, bought 1,200 common shares of the Company, with total value of euro 13,189.09.
GR. SARANTIS S.A. : ANNOUNCEMENT OF REGULATED INFORMATION ACCORDING TO THE LAW 3556
The company GR. SARANTIS S.A. announces, according to the article 21 of the L.3556/2007 and the article 11 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission decision 1/434/3.07.07 that Ms. Eugenia Lahana "Other Manager" (according to a.13 of the L.3340) proceeded on 09/07/08 to the purchase of 500 (five hundred) common shares at the price of 9.96 euros (nine euro and ninety six cents) of total value 4,980 euros (four thousand nine hundred and eighty euros).
BANΚ OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LTD : Annoucement
See the annoucement (Convertible Bonds 2013/18)
AEGEAN AIRLINES S.A. : Additional information on financial statements
AEGEAN AIRLINES S.A. announces additional information with regards to the published financial data and information for the period 01/01/2008 - 31/3/2008 in compliance with the resolution 6/448/11.10.07 of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Capital Market Commission: 1. Income tax provisions for un-audited tax years amount to 100 thousand euros. The Company has made no provisions for receivables or payables that are contested or under arbitration or any other possible future receivables and payables. 2. The Company does not own treasury shares.
NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A. : Acceptance period commencement announcement (Correct)
GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A. ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE ACCEPTANCE PERIOD FOR THE MANDATORY PUBLIC OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMMON REGISTERED VOTING SHARES OF THE GREEK SOCIETE ANONYME "NEOCHIMIKI - L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A." IN CONSIDERATION FOR euros 19.00 PER SHARE IN CASH The Board of Directors of the Capital Markets Commission (the "CMC") has approved on Thursday, 10 July 2008 the Information Memorandum of the company GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A. (the "Offeror") for the mandatory public offer (the "Public Offer") for all the shares of the Greek soci¨¦t¨¦ anonyme under the name "NEOCHIMIKI - L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A." (the "Target Company"), that it does not own. The offer was made by the Offeror according to article 7 and article 30 of Law 3461/2006 on the "Implementation of EU Directive 2004/25/EK regarding public offers", as in force, (the "Law"), as well as according to decision 17/427/9.5.2007 of the BoD of the CMC. The period, in which the Target Company's shareholders may declare the irrevocable acceptance of the Public Offer by the submission of the declaration of acceptance to any branch of EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. ( "Emporiki Bank"), - starts on Monday, 14 July 2008 at 08:00 a.m., and - ends on Monday, 11 August 2008 at 14:30 p.m. The acceptance procedure includes two stages: (a) Accepting Shareholders must first address themselves to the initial Operator of the Tendered Shares, whom they will order for the transfer to tender 550 EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. of the number of shares they wish to transfer in order to accept the Public Offer and receive the relevant copy. The Accepting Shareholder shall also receive from the initial Operator a printout from DSS showing the Investor Account and Securities Account that the Accepting Shareholder maintains with DSS. (b) Accepting Shareholders must then proceed to any of the branches of EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. during normal business days and hours, having with them the copy of the transfer order, which they delivered to the initial Tender and the printout from the DSS showing the Shareholders Investor account data and the securities account with DSS. At the branch (i) they will authorise EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. to undertake the operation of the Shares by signing a relevant operation authorisation (the "Operation Authorisation") (ii) they will fill in and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of the Public Offer (the "Declaration of Acceptance"), in order for the computerised process to be effected and they will receive a valid copy of the Declaration of Acceptance. All the above documents, including the Declaration of Acceptance, must be duly signed by the Accepting Shareholder. The acceptance procedure is described in detail in chapter 3 of the Information Memorandum. The shareholders of the Target Company can get copies of the Information Memorandum, the declaration of acceptance and information regarding the submission procedure from any branch of Emporiki Bank as of Monday, 14 July 2007, and during the acceptance period of the Public Offer or additional information regarding the submission of the declaration of acceptance at the following telephone numbers at Emporiki Bank during working days and hours: (0030) 210 3284086 and (0030) 210 3284559. Further, copies of the Information Memorandum will be available to shareholders in print, free of charge, at the registered office of the Offeror and in electronic format on the website of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance Limited, which acts as the Offeror's advisor for the Public Offer, in the following website address: www.abnamro.com/dealgreece. The results of the Public Offer will be published within two (2) business days from the end of the aforementioned acceptance period. ¦³he payment of the shareholders who will accept the Public Offer will start at 20 August 2008. Since the Offeror, following completion of the Public Offer, will have acquired at least 90.00% of the Target Company's total voting rights, it shall exercise its right to acquire the Minority Shareholders' Shares by way of a Squeeze-out according to article 27 of the Law ¨Cwithin the provided three months time limit. After the exercise of the Squeeze-out right, the Offeror intends to convene the general meeting of the shareholders of the Target Company, having as an item on the agenda the delisting of the Target Company's shares from the AthEx. IMPORTANT NOTICE The Public Offer is being made in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Law to the shareholders of the Target Company who may lawfully accept it. The Public Offer is not being made and will not be made by any means or instrumentality, in writing or else, directly or indirectly, to any person, natural or legal, in or into any country other than Greece where, under such country's laws, the execution of this Public Offer or the posting or distribution of its Information Memorandum is illegal or contravenes any applicable law, rule or regulation (each an "Excluded Territory" and, together, the "Excluded Territories"). Accordingly, copies or originals of the Information Memorandum and any related document or material will not be mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent by anybody to, in, into or from, the Excluded Territories. It is the responsibility of any Overseas Shareholder wishing to accept the Public Offer to inform himself about, and satisfy himself as to, the full observance of the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection with the Public Offer. If you are an Overseas Shareholder and you are in doubt about your position, you should consult your professional advisor in the relevant overseas jurisdiction.
Forthnet S.A. : Announcement
Further to its announcement dated 14 May 2008 in relation to the terms of the increase in its share capital by 137,556,721.74 Euro through payment of cash and pre-emption rights in favour of its existing shareholders (the "Increase"), which was approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of its shareholders of even date therewith, Forthnet S.A. (the "Company") announces the following: 1. On 10 July 2008, the Company entered into a placement agreement (the ?Placement Agreement?) with Merrill Lynch International, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and NBG International Limited, as joint bookrunners (the "Joint Bookrunners"), pursuant to which the Joint Bookrunners will use reasonable endeavors to procure "qualified investors" and other eligible international investors to subscribe for new shares in the Company that might remain unsubscribed by those who will have exercised pre-emption and oversubscription rights. It is noted that under the Placement Agreement, the Joint Bookrunners do not underwrite or provide a subscription guarantee in connection with such unsubscribed shares, whilst the price at which such shares will be placed shall not be lower than that payable by the holders of pre-emption rights, that is 2.57 Euro per share. 2. In the context of the Placement Agreement, the Company, Forgendo Limited, FORTH and Messrs Ioannis Averof, Pantelis Tzortzakis, Deepak Padmanabhan, Michael Warrington, Mohsin Majid, Saviour Portelli, Alkiviadis Pagiatakis, Iasson Stratos, George Koutsoudakis, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Pavlos Kanellopoulos, Grigoris Votsis and Nektarios Kokkovas, have separately undertaken in writing to the Joint Bookrunners that, subject to certain exemptions and without the written consent of the Joint Bookrunners, they will refrain from certain corporate actions (as far as the legal entities are concerned), legal acts and transactions in relation to Company?s shares, including the issue and disposal of shares, for a period of 180 days from the date that the new shares to be issued pursuant to the Increase will be registered with the securities accounts of the investors participated in such increase. This announcement is being published in accordance with Article 10, par. 1 of Law 3340/2005, Article 2, par. 2 of the decision 3/347/12.7.2005 of the Board of Directors of the Capital Market Commission and Article 17 of Law 3556/2007. This announcement and the information contained herein do not constitute and should not be construed as constituting a public offer or advertisement of new shares that the Company will issue pursuant to the Increase or an invitation to make offers to purchase such shares, as contemplated in Greek Law 3401/2005. Any investment decision to purchase or sell any such shares should be based exclusively on the information contained in the Company's Prospectus prepared in connection with the offering and the admission of the Company's shares to trading on the Athens Exchange, after it has been approved by the Capital Market Commission and published in accordance with Greek Law 3401/2005. This announcement may not be released distributed or otherwise published, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. This announcement and the information contained herein does not contain or constitute an offer for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase shares in the Company, in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or any other jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation would be unlawful. The Company's shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) unless such shares are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. No public offeringof the Company's shares will be made in the United States. This announcement is being distributed only to and is directed only at (a) persons outside the United Kingdom, (b) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments, i.e. investment professionals within the meaning of the Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended ("the Order"), and (c) high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and other bodies to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated in accordance with Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as " relevant persons"). The securities are available only to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be available only to or will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.
SINGULARLOGIC S.A. : Change of subsidiary corporate name
In the framework of reinforcing the group's common corporate identity, SingularLogic announces the change of the corporate name of its subsidiary company,located in Cyprus (ex.Demstar Business Application Ltd), to SingularLogic Cyprus Ltd. SingularLogic SA participation percentage in SingularLogic Cyprus LtD is 70%.
LAVIPHARM S.A. : Announcement of Regulated Information
Lavipharm S.A. announces, according to the Resolution No. 3/347/12.7.2005 of the Board of Directors of the Capital Market Commission and Article No 14 of Law 3556/2007, that Dr. Athanase Lavidas, son of Telemaque, Chairman and CEO of Lavipharm S.A., has transferred to "T&A Holdings (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.", a company of his own interests, 1.015.973 common Lavipharm shares, amounting to 1.777.952,7 Euros, on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Following to the abovementioned transaction, T&A Holdings (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. voting rights reached 15,27% of Lavipharm SA's total voting rights, i.e. 7.800.054 shares.
AGRICULTURAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. : Announcement
According to the context of the procedure held for the sale of part of ATEbank's equity participation in ATE Insurance S.A., as well as for the establishment of strategic alliance with the prospective investor (Bancassurance) and after careful consideration of the Consultant's recommendation, ATEbank announces that the following candidates are qualified to attend to the next stage of the sale procedure (in alphabetical order): - Ergo Insurance Group - Groupama SA The above-mentioned candidates will attend a data room and will perform due diligence before they submit their Binding Offers. ATEbank will accordingly inform the bank's investors and the regulating authorities.
SCIENS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND HOLDINGS SA : Purchase of own shares
In accordance with article 4, par. 4 of Regulation 2273/2003 of the Committee of European Union, "Sciens International Investments and Holding S.A." announces that following the resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders dated February 05, 2008 and the Board of Directors' resolution dated March 5, 2008, and in accordance with article 16 of L. 2190/1920, during the trading session of 11.07.2008 acquired 18.500 own shares through "EUROXX SECURITIES S.A." at the price of euro 0,87 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to euro 16.175,00.
HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING : Announcement
Hellenic Exchanges S.A. announces, pursuant to Law 3556/2007 (articles 3 and 21) and in conjunction with article 11 of decision 1/434/03.07.2007 of the Capital Market Commission, that EFG Eurobank Securities notified it: a) on 10.07.2008 that it purchased on 08.07.2008 1,200 HELEX common registered shares with a total value of euro 10,102.00 b) on 10.07.2008 that it sold on 08.07.2008 13,100 HELEX common registered shares with a total value of euro 109,359.38 c) on 10.07.2008 that it purchased on 09.07.2008 5,300 HELEX common registered shares with a total value of euro 46,179.00 d) on 10.07.2008 that it sold on 09.07.2008 2,100 HELEX common registered shares with a total value of euro 18,340.00 The above mentioned transactions were made for the derivatives market making account.
HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING : Announcement
HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY (the Company) informs investors that, based on §4 article 4 of the European Commission Regulation 2273/2003, and in implementation of the resolution of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the Company of 14.5.2008, it purchased own shares, as follows: - On 7.7.2008 8,020 own shares were purchased, at an average price of euro 8.34 per share, and total transaction cost of euro 66,886.80 - On 8.7.2008 18,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of euro 8.40 per share, and total transaction cost of euro 151,140.00 - On 9.7.2008 10,682 own shares were purchased, at an average price of euro 8.64 per share, and total transaction cost of euro 92,292.48 - On 10.7.2008 64,307 own shares were purchased, at an average price of euro 8.63 per share, and total transaction cost of euro 554,972.04 - On 11.7.2008 80,000 own shares were purchased, at an average price of euro 8.60 per share, and total transaction cost of euro 688,121.10 The transactions were done through the members of Athens Exchange Alpha Finance, Agricultural Bank of Greece Securities, Eurobank Securities and Midas Securities. Following the abovementioned purchases, the Company owns 1,061,009 own shares (1.51% of the total 70,485,563 shares outstanding).
ELMEC SPORT S.A. : Announcement
Elmec Sport S.A. announces that it has signed an agreement with two brands in the field of the so called "streetwear" and "sports lifestyle". The first agreement is for Kitson LA. Elmec Sport has undertaken the exclusive wholesale distribution of its products. The signed agreement's duration is set to be for three years and the first season's distribution will be the Spring-Summer 2009.The products will be distributed in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria. Kitson L.A. is based in Los Angeles on Sunset Boulevard. The company may only have six years of presence, but the store in Los Angeles has become the favorite stop for shopping for many celebrities and the who's who in Hollywood. Kitson's line of clothing gives us a taste of true Hollywood and West Coast of U.S. The second agreement is about the brand ReRock LLC. Elmec Sport has undertaken the exclusive wholesale distribution of its products. The signed agreement's duration is set to be for three years and the first season's distribution will be the Spring-Summer 2009. The products will be distributed in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria as well. ReRock LLC, is based also in Los Angeles and its main activity is the production of jeanswear, mostly for women in affordable prices. The above agreement is in line with the objectives set forth by the administration for (a) further intensification of the trade portfolio of the company with distinguished brands (b) diversification and enlargement of its clientele.
BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A. : ANNOUNCEMENT OF REGULATED INFORMATION ACCORDING TO LAW 3556/2007
Blue Star Maritime S.A., (the Company), pursuant to the provisions of Law 3340/2005 and the Law 3556/2007, the Decision 1/434/03.07.2007 and the Circular nr. 33 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, announces that "MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS S.A.", which is closely associated to the Director, Independent, Non-Executive member of the Board of Directors Mr. Alexander Edipidis, bought shares of the Company as follows: a) on 09.07.2008 bought 15,983 shares with total value of Euro 40,651.93 and b) on 10.07.2008 bought 1,600 shares with total value of Euro 4,005.60.
ALAPIS S.A : Announcement
In accordance with article 4, par. 4 of Regulation 2273/2003 of the Committee of European Union" ALAPIS HOLDING INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME OF PHARMACEUTICAL, CHEMICAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS" announces that following the resolution of the General Meeting of the Shareholders dated February 4, 2008 and the Board of Directors' resolution dated June 26, 2008, and in accordance with article 16 of L.2190/1920, during the trading session of July 10, 2008, acquired 18,000 own shares through "PIRAEUS AEPEY" at the average price of Euro 1.6544 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to Euro 29,780.

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