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ASPIS BANK S.A.
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Announcement
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January 23, 2009 The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of ASPIS BANK was held today, January 23, 2009, with the participation of shareholders representing the 63.5% of voting rights. The Extraordinary General Meeting approved, among other issues, the Bank's share capital increase pursuant to the provisions of L.3723/2008, article 1 "on the support of liquidity in the Greek economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis" and the corresponding amendment of articles 5, 6 and 7 of the Articles of Association. The Bank's share capital will increase up to a maximum amount of euro 90.000.000 via the issue of redeemable preference shares of a par value of euro 2.71 and abolition of current shareholder's pre-emptive rights. The share capital increase will be covered by the Greek State in accordance with Law 3723/2008, i.e. the Greek Government's plan for the safety of the Banking system according to which the Greek State will acquire preference shares issued by the Banks to a maximum of euro 5 billion.
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