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Alpha Services and Holdings SAAnnouncement

12/04/2017 16:10

RNS Number : 3702C
Alpha Bank A.E.
12 April 2017
Commencement of trading of new shares resulting from a share capital increase due to bond loan conversion [12.4.2017]
Alpha Bank A.E. (hereinafter the "Bank") announces that the trading on the Athens Exchange (hereinafter the "AthEx") of 6,818,181 new ordinary, registered, dematerialised shares of the Bank, with voting rights (the "New Shares"), of a nominal value of Euro 0.30 each, which were issued following a resolution by the Board of Directors of the Bank at its meeting dated 23.2.2017 and allocated to Crdit Agricole S.A. and Crdit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (jointly the "Bondholders"), will commence on 18.4.2017.
It is reminded that, as notified by the announcement of the Bank dated 24.2.2017, the share capital of the Bank increased as a result of the exercise of the Bondholders' right to convert their bonds into New Shares, pursuant to the convertible bond loan of a principal amount of Euro 150,000,000.00 (the "Convertible Bond Loan") which was issued by the Bank on 1.2.2013.
The commencement of trading of the New Shares falls within the ambit of the exemption of the provision of par. 2(a) of article 4 of Law 3401/2005, whereby no obligation exists for the publication of a Prospectus.
The Stock Market Steering Committee of the AthEx, at its meeting dated 12.4.2017, approved the listing of the New Shares on AthEx. The New Shares will be credited into the accounts of the Shareholders-Bondholders in the Dematerialised Securities System (DSS) on 13.4.2017 and 18.4.2017 will be the date of commencement of trading of the New Shares. 
For any further information, Shareholders may contact the Shareholders' Section of the Bank 
(tel.: +30 210 326 0000).
 

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