HELEX: From June 16 the payment of the dividend € 0.1515 / mtx (gross)

From June 16, the payment of the dividend of 0.1515 euros per share (gross) for the year 2021 will begin, with a cut-off date of June 8, by HELEX, as decided by the regular General Meeting of shareholders.

More detail:

HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS EXCHANGE SA HOLDINGS announces that on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 18:00 the 21st^the Ordinary General Meeting of the Company’s shareholders in a hybrid manner, ie with the physical presence of the shareholders at the Company’s registered office and with the participation of the shareholders remotely by teleconference. The General Meeting was legally attended by shareholders representing 30,360,238 common registered shares and voting rights, ie 50.81% of a total of 60,348,000 common registered shares, not counting 597,505 own shares of the Company.

The Ordinary General Meeting discussed and decided on the items on the agenda as follows:

• In the first (1^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders approved the Annual Financial Report of the corporate year 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021 with the relevant Reports and Statements of the Board of Directors and the Certified Auditors, as they were proposed for approval ..

• In the second (2^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders approved the distribution of the results of the corporate year 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021 and the distribution of dividend according to what was proposed for approval.

The said dividend amount per share, according to the law, is increased by the amount corresponding to the 597,505 own shares held by the Company, which are not entitled to a dividend, and finally amounts to 0.1515 euros per share, before withholding tax.

8 were approved as cut-off and beneficiary identification dates (based on the record date rule)^the June and 9^the June 2022, respectively, and the corresponding amount will be paid to shareholders from Friday 16 June 2022.

The Company will publish a separate announcement on the dividend payment process to shareholders.

• In the third (3^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders were informed about the Annual Report of the Audit Committee for the year 2021 in accordance with article 44 paragraph 1 case i) of Law 4449/2017.

• In the fourth (4^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders were informed about the Report of Independent Non-Executive Members of the Board of Directors for the year 2021 in accordance with article 9 par. 5 of Law 4706/2020.

• In the fifth (5^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders approved the overall management of the Board of Directors for the corporate year 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021, according to article 108 of Law 4548/2018 and dismissed the Auditors in accordance with par. c) of article 117 of Law 4548/2018 for the audit carried out on the financial statements of the corporate year 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021.

• In the sixth (6^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders approved the remuneration and compensations of the members of the Board of Directors for the corporate year 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021 according to what was proposed for approval.

• In the seventh (7^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders approved the remuneration and compensations of the members of the Board of Directors for the corporate year 01.01.2022 – 31.12.2022 and until the Ordinary General Meeting of the year 2023 according to what was proposed for approval.

• In the eighth (8^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders chose the societe anonyme of auditors with the name “GRANT THORNTON SOCIETE ANONYME OF CERTIFIED AUDITORS AND CONSULTING COMPANIES in the of, according to the proposed.

• In the ninth (9^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders, provided a positive vote in the Remuneration Report of the financial year 2021 in accordance with article 112 of law 4548/2018.

• In the tenth (10^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders were informed about the election of Mr. Ioannis Kontopoulos as executive member of the Board, to replace the resigned executive member Mr. Socrates Lazaridis, with a term equal to the remaining term of the outgoing member, ie until on 30.5.2023, automatically extended until the General Meeting of the Company’s shareholders which will meet after the end of his term.

• In the eleventh (11^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders, after taking into account the proposal of the Board of Directors of the Company, following the suggestion / evaluation report of the Nomination and Compensation Committee, were informed pursuant to article 82 par. 1 of Law 4548/2018 and article 18 par. 1 of Law 4706/2020, as in force, for the election by the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting on 28.06.2021, of Mr. Nicholaos Krenteras , as a temporary independent non-executive member of the Board, replacing the resigned independent non-executive member of the Board Mr. Vassilios Karatzas and decided the final resignation and the appointment of Mr. Nicholaos Krenteras as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the Company, for the period from now on until the end of his term of office, ie until 30.05.2023, automatically extended until the General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company which will to meet after the end of his term.

• At the twelfth (12^The) item of the Agenda, the shareholders decided to increase the number of independent members of the Board of Directors of the Company from seven (7) to ten (10) and to return the status (definition) of Messrs. Georgios Hantzinikolaou, Konstantinos Vassilios and Ioannis Kyriakopoulos as independent non-executive members of the Board. of the Company, for the period from now on until the end of their term of office, ie until 30.05.2023, automatically extended until the General Meeting of the Company’s shareholders that will meet after the end of their term.

Following the above, the Board of Directors will consist of the following Members (in alphabetical order):

1. Konstantinos Vassileiou, independent member

2. Dimitrios Dosis, independent member

3. George Doukidis, independent member

4. Ioannis Emiris,

5. Polyxeni Kazoli, independent member

6. Theano Karpodini, independent member

7. Ioannis Kontopoulos, CEO,

8. Nicholaos Krenteras, independent member

9. Ioannis Kyriakopoulos, independent member

10. Spyridoula Papagiannidou, independent member

11. Alexios Pilavios,

12. Pantelis Tzortzakis, independent member

13. George Hantzinikolaou, independent member

• In the thirteenth (13^The) item on the Agenda, the shareholders approved the amendment of the Remuneration Policy as precisely proposed in the House.

• In the fourteenth (14^The) subject of the Agenda, the shareholders granted permission to the members of the Board of Directors of the Company and to the executives of the Company’s Management to participate in the Boards of Directors or in the Management of the Group companies and their affiliates, within the meaning of article 32 of Law 4308/2014, companies.

The detailed results of the voting for each decision will be published with a new announcement of the Company and will be posted on the website of www.athexgroup.gr, in accordance with the provisions of article 133, paragraph 2 of Law 4548/2018 “.