October 6, 2009 Following the announcement on 28.09.2009 at the Athens Exchange website, concerning the change in voting rights of EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. at the share capital of HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING CLEARING SETTLEMENT & REGISTRY (HELEX), HELEX announces the following:
"The PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Group registered in Brussels, which controls the following companies:
EFG European Financial Group Limited registered in Cyprus
European Financial Group EFG (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l registered in Luxemburg
EFG Consolidated Holdings S.A. registered in Luxemburg
GPS Growth Equities S.A. registered in Panama
informed the Company in writing on 29.09.2009 and announced that, after the abovementioned transaction, the PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Group holds indirectly 3.1328% of the share capital of HELEX (from 5.05% before the transaction)."