The company "NEOCHIMIKI S.A." (hereafter the "Company"), pursuant to article 14 of L. 3556/2007 and following notification received by the company "Carlyle Offshore Partners II, Ltd.", which is the ultimate controlling entity of "GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A." (hereafter "GREEN BIDCO S.A."), announces that the company GREEN BIDCO S.A. proceeded between 20.05.2008 and 04.06.2008, to the purchase of 3.00% of the total shares and voting rights of the Company through a series of on-exchange trades.

Following the above GREEN BIDCO S.A. possesses in total 33,707,465 shares and voting rights that correspond to 93.63% of the total shares of the Company. Carlyle Offshore Partners II, Ltd. submitted this notification as the ultimate controlling entity of GREEN BIDCO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL S.A. according to the following chain of control: Carlyle Offshore Partners II, Ltd. by virtue of an agreement with DBD Cayman Limited exercises the voting rights of all of the entities controlled by the latter. DBD Cayman Limited controls TCG Holdings Cayman II, L.P. as a General Partner (i.e. controls the voting rights) and exercises investment discretion and dispositive power over investments held by Carlyle Europe Partners III, L.P. TCG Holdings Cayman II, L.P. exercises investment discretion and control over Carlyle Europe Partners III, L.P. and over CEP III Participations S.a r.l. SICAR through its subsidiary CEP III Managing, GP, L.P. Moreover, TCG Holdings Cayman II, L.P. controls as a General Partner TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings L.P., which is the sole shareholder of CEP III Managing GP Holdings, Ltd. CEP III Managing GP Holdings, Ltd. exercises investment discretion and control over Carlyle Europe Partners III, L.P. and over CEP III Participations S.a r.l. SICAR as the General Partner of CEP III Managing GP L.P., which is the General Partner of Carlyle Europe Partners III, L.P., whose subsidiary is CEP III Participations S.a r.l. SICAR. The latter holds 100% of the shares and voting rights of CEP III Investment 2 S.a r.l., which owns 100% of the shares and voting rights of CEP III Investment 5 S.a r.l., which in turn owns 100% of the shares and voting rights of the Greek company Green Topco Holding Company S.A. The latter owns 100% of the shares and the voting rights of the GREEN BIDCO S.A.