· BALLIS CHEMICALS S.A. regarding its listing on the New Market of the Athens Stock Exchange.

In accordance with the approved prospectus:

The company BALLIS CHEMICALS S.A. will distribute 561,520 new common registered shares as follows: 534,790 by public offering and 26,730 by private placement.

On its session on July 18, 2002 the Board of Directors of the Athens Stock Exchange approved the prospectus of the following listed company:

1. BANK OF PIRAEUS S.A. regarding the company’s share capital increase through a rights issue and waiver of the preference rights of the existing shareholders in favor of the companies NATIONALE NEDERLANDEN HELLENIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY S.A. and NATIONALE NEDERLANDEN HELLENIC GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY S.A. (subsidiary companies of ING Group).

In accordance with the approved prospectus:

The BANK OF PIRAEUS S.A. proceeds to a company’s share capital increase by issuing:

· 8,357,875 new common registered shares with a waiver of preference rights of the existing shareholders at issue price of Euro 8.36.

it is noted that the B’ Repeated General Meeting of the company’s shareholders on 10.06.2002 has also approved the reduction of the company’s share capital through the cancellation of 8,357,875 own registered shares.

On its session on July 18, 2002 the Board of Directors of the Athens Stock Exchange also approved:

· The manual, in which the existing internal procedures of the Directorates, Departments, Units and Offices of the Athens Stock Exchange are described, in accordance with the Internal Organization and Operation Regulation of the Athens Stock Exchange in effect.

· The listing of 3,164,500 common registered shares of the company DESPEC MILTIMEDIA S.A. on the Parallel Market of the Athens Stock Exchange.

· The listing of 445,998 new bonus common registered shares of the company X. BENRUBI S.A..

· The listing of 1,570,000 new bonus common registered shares of the company EUROCONSULTANTS S.A.

· The listing of 5,860,012 registered shares of the company FLEXOPACK S.A. PLASTICS that resulted from the conversion of an equal number of common bearer shares.

The Board of Directors of the Athens Stock Exchange was notified for:

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company AEGEK S.A. from Euro 1.76 to Euro 1.77.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company ETBA BANK from Euro 3.67 to Euro 3.70.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company HALCOR S.A. METAL WORKS from Euro 0.3199 to Euro 0.33.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company X. BENRUBI S.A. from Euro 0.90 to Euro 0.91.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company ELGEKA S.A. from Euro 0.73 to Euro 0.80.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company EUROCONSULTANTS S.A. from Euro 0.5869 to Euro 0.60.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company ETEM S.A. LIGHT METALS INDUSTRY from Euro 0.2935 to Euro 0.31.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company ALLATINI IND. AND COM. CO. from Euro 2.1277 to Euro 2.13.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company MINOAN LINES from Euro 2.201 to Euro 2.25.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company HELLENIC FISHFARMING S.A. from Euro 0.2935 to Euro 0.31.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company FLEXOPACK S.A. PLASTICS from Euro 0.7337 to Euro 0.75.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company HELLENIC CABLES S.A. from Euro 0.5136 to Euro 0.54.

· The increase of the par value of the share of the company M. J. MAILLIS S.A. from Euro 0.7337 to Euro 0.76 and the change of the company’s trade name from M. J. MAILLIS PACKAGING SYSTEMS S.A. to M. J. MAILLIS S.A..