MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS SOCIETE ANONYME ("MIG") announces according to article 24 of Law N.3461/2006 and the provisions of Law 3556/2007, that, during the trading session of 02.01.2008, MIG acquired 319,839 shares of "BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A." at the price of Euro 3.78 per share and the total value of the transaction amounted to Euro 1,208,991.42.
Subsequently, MIG's total holding in the share capital and voting rights of "BLUE STAR MARITIME S.A." amounts to 51.862 %, out of which 3.066 % corresponds to 3,219,822 shares held directly by MIG, and 48.795 % corresponds to 51,235,000 shares held indirectly by MIG through its participation in "ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A.".