The Company with corporate name "NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL S.A." and the distinctive title "NEOCHIMIKI L.V. LAVRENTIADIS S.A." announces that the Annual Ordinary Shareholders Meeting held on 24/3/2008, was attended by 25 shareholders representing 11,327,947 shares out of the total 36,000,000 shares (equal to 31.47%). During the Shareholders Meeting the following matters on the agenda were discussed and decided upon. More specifically:
1) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.60% of the representing share capital approved the annual financial statements, the Auditor's Report and the Management Report of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2007 (01/01/2007 until 31/12/2007).
2) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.60% of the representing share capital approved of the profit appropriation for the year 2007 (01/01/2007 until 31/12/2007) and the dividend distribution of a total amount of 9,360,000 Euro which correspond to 0.26 euro per share for the year 2007. Eligible to receive dividend payment are company's shareholders at the end of the trading session of the Athens Exchange on Monday 31/03/2008. From Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 the company's shares will be traded in the Athens Exchange with no right for dividend for the year 2007. The dividend payment date was set for April 9th 2008. The method of payment will be announced by press and through the Athens Exchange.
3) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.60% of the representing share capital decided the discharge of all members of the Board of Directors of the company for the year 2007. Moreover, it decided with the same percentage the discharge of the Certified Auditor of the company from any liability for the past year 2007.
4) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.60% of the representing share capital elected the auditing company "BDO PROTYPOS HELLENIC AUDITING COMPANY S.A." for the year 2008.
5) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.80% of the representing share capital approved the fees and remunerations of the Board of Directors members for the past year 2007 and determined the fees and remunerations of the Board of Directors members for the current year, as well as the fee of the Managing Director.
6) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.80% of the representing share capital approved the grant of the authority, under article 23 of codified law 2190/1920, to the members of the Board of Directors and the Company's Managers to participate in the management of companies with relative business activity.
7) The Shareholders Meeting with 81.24% of the representing share capital approved to carry out contract for the supply - purchase of raw materials between the companies :DALL S.A. (100% subsidiary of "ALAPIS S.A.") and "NEOCHIMIKI S.A." with the guaranty of "ALAPIS S.A." for "DALL S.A." under article 23a of codified law 2190/1920
8) The Shareholders Meeting with 86.80% of the representing share capital confirmed the company's Board of Directors decision, taken on 20/12/2007, under which Mr Aristotelis Charalabakis and Mrs Loulou Mavraeidi were elected as new independent non executive members in replace of the resigned independent non executive members Mrs Smaragda Liarmakopoulou and Mrs Gramatiki Arvaniti respectively
9) There were no other announcements and issues for discussion.