Pursuant to the resolution No.3/347/12.07.2005 of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, EMPORIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A. announces that its Board of Directors, in its meeting of September 26th, 2008 (minutes No 2763), elected, in replacement of the resigned Chairman of the Bank s Audit Committee Mr. Panagiotis Zafeiropoulos son of Dionysios, the non-executive member of the BoD Mr. Nikolaos Ebeoglou son of Michail as new Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Furthermore, the BoD, at the same session, elected the Independent non-executive member of the BoD Mr. Konstantin Papadiamantis son of Pirros as new Member of the Audit Committee.
Further to this, the composition of the Bank s Audit Committee, which operates in virtue of the Act of the Governor of the Bank of Greece (ΠΔ/ΤΕ) No 2577/09.03.2006, is the following:
Chairman: Mr. Nikolaos EBEOGLOU son of Michail, Non executive BoD member.
Members: Mr. Bernard DE WIT son of Charles, Non executive BoD member.
Mr. Philippe DORE son of Jacques, Non executive BoD member.
Mr. Konstantin PAPADIAMANTIS son of Pirros, Independent Non-executive BoD member.