May 26, 2009 HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY announces that today, May 26th 2009, the 2nd Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of the Company was held in the "HERMES" hall at the offices of the Company. Shareholders representing 24,113,117 common registered shares and voting rights, i.e. 34.21% of the 70,485,563 total common registered shares participated. It should be noted that the treasury stock did not participate at the General Meeting.
The General Meeting took the following decisions:
On the 1st item, shareholders approved the reduction of the share capital in the amount of 6,396,250 euro through the reduction of the total number of shares from 70,485,563 to 65,368,563 common registered shares, due to the cancellation of the 5,117,000 shares in treasury stock, in accordance with article 16 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
On the 2nd item, shareholders approved the reduction of the share capital in the amount of 9,805,284.45 euro through a reduction in the par value of each share by 0.15 euro, and payment of this amount to shareholders.
On the 3rd item, shareholders approved the amendment of article 5 of the Articles of Association concerning the share capital.
On the 4th item, shareholders approved the proposal by the Board of Directors of the Company to withdraw the item from the Daily Agenda, and not to take a decision on it.
