GENIKI Bank S.A. informs the investors that the Extraordinary General Meeting of its shareholders, held on 24^th July 2012, decided the decrease of number of shares from 1,729,744,037 to 17,297,440 shares (Reverse Split in a ratio 100 old/1 new), the simultaneous increase of the nominal value from 0.30 Euros to 30.0000006417135 Euros per share and the consecutive decrease of the share capital by 418,598,059.10 Euros, by offsetting the accumulated losses, against the reduction of the nominal  value from 30.0000006417135  to 5.80 Euros per share.

On September 4, 2012, with the decision No K2--6106/04.09.2012 of the Minister of Economy, recorded in the Societes Anonymes Register, the amendment of the relevant article of the GENIKI Bank's Articles of Association was approved.

Τhe Athens Exchange (Athex) on September 7, 2012 approved the listing in ASE of the 17,297,440 new shares that will replace the existing 1,729,744,037 ordinary registered shares, at a nominal value of € 30.0000006417135.

The Athens Exchange was informed for the decrease of the share capital by 418,598,059.10 Euros by offsetting the accumulated losses and the decrease of the par value from 30.0000006417135 per share to 5.80 Euros per share.

Following the above, the Share Capital of the Company amounts € 100.325.152 and is divided into 17,297,440 ordinary registered shares with a nominal value of € 5.80 each.

Further to the Bank's decision, the last trading day in the Athens Exchange of the 1.729,744,037 existing common registered bearing voting rights shares, will be the 12^th of September 2012.

As of the next trading day, on the 13^th of September 2012, the trading of the Bank's shares will cease temporarily, in order for the replacement process to be completed.

The beneficiaries of the above corporate action will be the shareholders of GENIKI Bank who will be registered in the Dematerialized Securities System ("DSS") archives at the 17^th of September 2012 (Record date).

The first trading day of the 17,297,440 new common registered shares with the new nominal value of € 5.8 per share on the ATHEX will be the 20^th of September 2012.

As of the same date, all the new shares of the Company that are tradable on ASE will number 17,297,440 ordinary registered shares with their opening price on ASE fixed pursuant to the ASE Rulebook and Decision No 26 of ASE BoD, as in force, and the new shares will be credited to the securities accounts of the shareholders with the DSS.

For any information, the shareholders may address to the Bank's Shareholders' Information Service (tel. 210 6975476 Mr. Sakarellos Athanasios).