HELLENIC EXCHANGES HOLDINGS S.A.: European Recognition for the Athens Exchange Mr. Spyros Capralos, President of the Athens Exchange and Managing Director of Hellenic Exchanges Holding S.A., recently became a member of the Board of Directors of FESE (Federation of European Stock Exchanges). The elections were held in Brussels last Wednesday, November 30 during FESE's general meeting, and appointed five new members of the Board, namely Mr. Spyros Capralos (ATHEX), Mr. Adam Kinsley (LSE), Mr. Olivier Lefebvre (Euronext), Mr. Axel Nawrath (Deutsche Borse), Mr. Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy (Budapest Stock Exchange) and re-elected Mr. Massimo Capuano (Borsa Italiana) as Chairman and Mr. Jukka Ruuska (OMX Exchanges) as Vice Chairman. The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) represents operators of the European regulated markets and other market segments. Originally set up in 1974 as a small forum of Stock Exchanges in Europe, FESE today numbers 25 Full Members such as Euronext (Euronext Amsterdam, Euronext Brussels, Euronext Lisbon, Euronext Paris, Euronext.life), OMX Exchanges (Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Vilnius Stock Exchange) representing close to 40 Securities Exchanges and clearing houses from all the EU countries and Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland, as well as several Corresponding Members from other non-EU countries.