EMPORIKI BANK HEAD OFFICE:

EMPORIKI BANK
11 Sophocleous Street, 102 35 Athens
Tel.: + 30210 3284000
Fax: + 30210 3253746
E-Mail: pubrel@emporiki.gr
Web Site: www.emporiki.gr

ESTABLISHMENT AND ACTIVITY

Emporiki Bank was established in 1907, has been listed on the ATHEX since 1909 and today is one of the largest commercial Greek banks. In June 2000, Emporiki Bank entered into a strategic alliance agreement with the Crédit Agricole international banking group, which acquired initially 6.7% of the Emporiki’s share capital. Crédit Agricole today holds around 91,00% of the Bank’s share capital.

Emporiki Bank is active in the domestic and foreign capital and money markets, offering a comprehensive range of traditional and modern banking services and products that meet the savings, financing and investment needs of its customers. Emporiki Bank operates 340 branches in Greece and is developing its activities in Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania through subsidiary banks (April 2009: 99 subsidiaries´ branches in total) and in London and Frankfurt through branches.

The Group of Emporiki is one of the most dynamic Groups in the financial sector, and offers an extensive range of products and services, such as investment banking and leasing, factoring, insurance, bancassurance, asset management for institutional investors, mutual fund management, securities portfolio management, real estate development and management, and consumer credit. The Group employs a total of around 7,600 persons. Through its new shareholder, who is one of the largest financial institutions on the global scale, Emporiki has now access to significant know-how and to an international network covering approximately 70 countries.

Emporiki Bank's participations in Group companies

THE CRÉDIT AGRICOLE GROUP

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE GROUP, A LEADER IN EUROPE

As the No. 1 retail bank in France, Crédit Agricole is the leading financial partner to the French economy and the largest retail bank in Europe*.

Its ambition: to create a world-class European leader in banking and insurance, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Global Compact.

• No.1 in France with 28% of the household market
• No.1 in Europe by retail banking revenues
• A leading European player in consumer finance
• No.1 in France and in Europe in collective asset management
• No.2 in France and No.11 in Europe in insurance
• No.1 in France, No.3 in Europe and No.7 worldwide in terms of Tier 1 capital

A strong international presence

• More than 160,000 staff in 74 countries
• 3 domestic markets: France, Italy, Greece
• 58 million personal customers worldwide
• 11,850 branches in more than 20 countries

A responsible and committed operator

• Signatory to the United Nations Global Compact in 2003
• Constituent of the main sustainable development indexes: FTSE4Good, DJSI Stoxx and Aspi Eurozone
• Signatory to The Climate Principles in 2008

* in terms of retail banking revenues

Data at end-2008. Sources : The Banker, Banque de France, FFSA, Crédit Agricole S.A.

THE CRÉDIT AGRICOLE GROUP

To find out more: www.credit-agricole.com