TT HELLENIC POSTBANK S.A. in its practice of providing correct and timely information to investors and pursuant to article 279 of the Athens Stock Exchange Rulebook, announces that its Ordinary General Assembly of Shareholders that was held on Friday, May 2nd 2008, approved the dividend payment of Euro 0,25 per share.
Those being HELLENIC POSTBANK Shareholders at the closing of the Athens Exchange trading session on Thursday, June 19th, 2008, shall be entitled to the dividend of fiscal year 2007.
According to the Financial Calendar of 2008, the ex-dividend day will be Friday, June 20th, 2008, (shares will be traded without the 2007 dividend entitlement) and the dividend payout start day will be Monday, June 30th, 2008. Dividends will be paid according to article 329 of the Regulation of the Athens Stock Exchange and the specific provisions of the Regulation of the Central Securities Depository S.A., with any one of the following ways;
• through the Operator of each Shareholder’s account, if so arranged,
• shareholder in person, through the National Bank of Greece branch network, upon presentation of identity card and a printout of the account at the Dematerialised Security System (S.A.T), when;
a. shareholder has not provided or has recalled the proxy to collect the dividend, (if a shareholder wishes to collect the dividend in person, though he has authorized an Operator for its collection, he may revoke the authorization either through his Operator or by applying to the Central Securities Depository S.A. five working days before the dividend payout date (article 13, para. 5, Regulation of the Central Securities Depository S.A.), on a special account.
b. shares are operated by the Central Securities Depository.
For more information shareholders may contact to the Shareholders Department, tel.(+30) 210-3704754, (+30) 210-3704755.