Non-Dematerilized Shares' sale result from 1.9.08 to 31.10.08

HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A., based on the Decision no. 312/17.7.2008 taken by the General Manager of the Capital Market regarding the sale of common registered shares (shares not deposited for dematerialization, as well as shares coming from company acts and issued in a dematerialized form for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the tangible registered shares), informs the investors that, during the period from 1.9.2008 to 31.10.2008, 133,050 Company shares were sold.
 
The net sum of the above shares sold (after deducting any kind of costs and taxes) amounts to euro 1,091,213.71 and shall be deposited for the benefit of all beneficiaries of shares at the Deposits and Loans Fund.
 
Following the sale of the aforementioned shares, 162,367 common registered shares remain to be sold, for which the Company shall proceed to a further announcement.
 
HELLENIC PETROLEUM SA also announces, that for the benefit of all beneficiaries of shares, who hadn’t dematerialized their shares, an additional amount of euro 24,355.05 shall be deposited at the Deposits and Loans Fund, which corresponds to the interim dividend for the financial year 2008, given to the above mentioned shareholders, amounts to euro 0.15 per share, for the sum of 162,367 non-dematerialized shares, that haven’t been sold until 14.10.2008, which is the ex-dividend date.
 
For more information, Shareholders may contact HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. Share Register Department, 199 Kifissias Ave., 151 24, Maroussi (tel. 210 876 7862 to 876 7865, fax. 210 876 7993).