ANEK LINES S.A. (the Company) hereby announces that as per the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders approval on 18th May,2008, the dividend for year 2007 is Euro 0.05 per share. Entitled to the dividend are bearers of shares at the closing of the Athens Exchange session on 1st July 2008. As of Wednesday 2nd July 2008, all ANEK LINES shares will trade ex-dividend. The payment of the dividend will commence on Thursday, 10th July 2008. The dividend will be paid through PIRAEUS BANK S.A., as per below:
1. The custodians of shareholders (securities firms and banks) according to the article 329 of the Athens Stock Exchange Regulation. .
2. The Shareholders who have not authorized their custodians can collect payment of the dividend via the branch network of PIRAEUS BANK S.A ,
3. Shareholders, for which the credit of the distribution through their custodians is not possible for several reasons, the dividend collection can take place on Thursday, 17th July 2008 through the branch network of PIRAEUS BANK S.A .
The dividend collection for cases 2 and 3 will take place only with the presentation of the Shareholders official Identification Card and the client's Dematerialized Securities System data, while payment to a third party will take place only with the presentation of a relevant authorization.
The payment of the dividend via PIRAEUS BANK S.A., will last until 31st December, 2008. After 31st December, 2008, payment will take place only at the Company's offices, 2nd km K. Karamanli Avenue, Chania.
For any further information, Shareholders are requested to contact the Company's Investor Relations Department (Ms Botonaki Katerina. tel. + 30 28210 24189).