Tuesday, 6 April 2004

+++ INVITATION To a Special General Assembly of the Shareholders +++

In accordance with the Greek Law and the Company's Articles and after the resolution of its Board of Directors, the Company's shareholders are invited to the First Follow-up Session of the Special General Assembly, which was initially set for April 5th, 2004 but -due to lack of lawful quorum- postponed reaching a decision on the 5th item of the Agenda. Thus, the Follow-up Session will take place on Friday, April 23rd, 2003 at 9.30 a.m. at the Company Head Offices, in Peania, Attiki (precise location: 19,5 km of the new Peania - Markopoulo Ave., complex B, on the right heading for Markopoulo) to resolve upon the following single item on the Agenda:

-Issuance of a common and/ or convertible bond with rescission of right of existing shares and authorization to the Board of Directors for the determination of the special terms of the loan.

Under the Greek law and the Company's Articles, in order for the shareholders and their representatives to be eligible for attending the above General Assembly, they must declare the number of shares with which they wish to join in the First Follow-up Session of the Ordinary General Assembly at least five (5) days before the session of the Assembly. In declaring the number of shares, the interested parties must address the Central Security Depository, provided that the number of shares to be deposited is already registered in the Special Account, otherwise they should firstly request from their authorized Security Accounts administrators to issue a tying-up certificate for them, and secondly, submit relevant letters of attorney to the company offices within the same deadline.