BIOTER SA announces that the shareholder Mr. George Mavroskotis General Manager and Managing Director of BIOTER SA notified the company and the HCMC that on 01/17/2008 increased his participation to BIOTERs voting rights from 23.141% to 27.361% (+4.22% from his last notification). According to the notification Mr. Mavroskotis owns 19,239,526 voting rights to BIOTERs total share capital voting rights (of which directly : 16,272,526 and indirectly : 2,967,000).

Mr. G.Mavroskotis indirect voting rights results from 2,967,000 BIOTERs shares that are owned by the foreign company "DESAN HOLDING SA". "GEORGIOS MAVROSKOTIS SA" which is 100% "controlled" company (by Mr. Mavroskotis) bought the total ammount of shares of DESAN HOLDING SA on the 17 of January 2008.