Titan Cement Company S.A. announces that the trading οn the Athens Exchange of 14,200 new common registered shares with voting rights of the Company, starts on January 22nd, 2009. These shares were issued in accordance with the recent share capital increase of Euro 56,800, due to the exercise by 16 senior Group executives, of stock option rights for 14,200 common shares of the Company, of a nominal value of € 4 each, in accordance with Stock Option Plan, which has been approved by decisions of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders dated 8.6.2004 and 4.6.2008 and decisions of the Board of Directors dated 27.4.2006, 25.11.2008 and 16.12.2008.
The above mentioned share capital increase, which does not constitute an amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company, was decided and verified by the Board of Directors of the Company on 16.12.2008 and thereafter registered with the Registry of Societés Anonymes by decisions K2-15564 and K2-15564 (bis)/ 23.12.2008 of the Ministry of Development.
The trading on the Athens Exchange of the above mentioned 14.200 shares was approved by the Board of Directors of the Athens Exchange on 15/1/2009.
According to the decision of the Board of Directors of the Company, the new shares will be negotiable on the Athens Exchange as of January 22nd 2009. On the above mentioned date the opening price of the shares of the Company will be formed according to the Athens Exchange Regulation and the new shares will have been deposited in the investor and securities accounts of their beneficiaries in the Dematerialized Securities System (D.S.S.).
For more information, please refer to document of law 3401/2005, available as a copy at the Company’s offices at 22A Halkidos Street, 111 43 Athens as well as in electronic form on Titan’s website (http://
www.titan-cement.com) or contact the Shareholders Service Department (Mrs. N. Kalesi, tel.: 210 2591257) during working hours.
The above announcement was notified to the Athens Exchange and was posted on its website.