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14 Apr 2009 07:00
HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A.
Announcement
OTE'S INVESTOR RELATIONSΒ GARNERS FOURΒ AWARDS
AT CAPITAL LINK'SΒ ANNUAL GREEK IRΒ CEREMONYΒ
Ξthens,Β AprilΒ 9, 2009Β -Β Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SAΒ (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE),Β the Greek full-service telecommunications provider announces thatΒ OTE's Investor RelationsΒ won awards in four categoriesΒ at Capital Link's Annual Greek IR Awards ceremonyΒ held in AthensΒ last Monday.Β
Investors, analysts and the financial press votedΒ OTE's Head of Investor Relations,Β Mr.Β Dimitris Tzelepis,Β Best Investor RelationsΒ OfficerΒ withΒ International Investors. TheΒ OTEΒ InvestorΒ RelationsΒ teamΒ alsoΒ received awards for:
Best IR by a large Cap Company (FTSE - ASE 20)
Best IRΒ withΒ International Investors
Best IRΒ withΒ the Sell Side
Capital LinkΒ hostsΒ theΒ AnnualΒ Greek IR AwardsΒ since 2003, aiming to identify and rewardΒ Executives and Companies who adhere to high standards of Corporate GovernanceΒ and outperform in terms ofΒ financial disclosure and Investor RelationsΒ practices.Β
The Awards areΒ based on nominations and a voting procedureΒ carried out by a Committee of 34 market participants, including representatives fromΒ the largest securities firmsΒ andΒ mutual fund-management companies inΒ Greece,Β as well asΒ financial journalists and foreign institutional investors and analysts.Β Deloitte,Β in conjunction with Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Office,Β assure the transparency of all relevantΒ procedures.
About OTE
OTE Group isΒ Greece's leading telecommunications organization and one of the pre-eminent players inΒ Southeastern Europe, providing top-quality products and services to its customers.
Apart from serving as a full service telecommunications group in the Greek telecoms market, OTE Group has also expanded during the last decade its geographical footprint throughout South East Europe, acquiring stakes in the incumbent telecommunications companies ofΒ RomaniaΒ andΒ Serbia, and establishing mobile operations inΒ Albania,Β BulgariaΒ andΒ Romania.Β At present, companies in which OTE Group has an equity interest employ over 30,000 people inΒ fiveΒ countries, and our portfolio of solutions ranges from fixed and mobile telephony to Internet applications, satellite, maritime communications and consultancy services.
Listed on theΒ Athens Stock Exchange, the company trades under the tickerΒ HTOΒ as well as on theΒ New York Stock ExchangeΒ under the tickerΒ OTE. In theΒ U.S., OTE's American Depository Receipts (ADR's) represents Β½ ordinary share.
Additional Information is also available onΒ http://www.ote.gr.
Contacts:
OTE: Dimitris Tzelepis - Head of Investor RelationsΒ
Tel: +30 210 611 1574, Email:Β dtzelepis@ote.grΒ
Maria Kountouri - Assistant to the Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 5381, Email:Β mkountouri@ote.gr
Nektarios Papagiannakopoulos - Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel.Β +30 210 611 7593, Email:Β npapagiannakopoulos@ote.gr
Christina HadjigeorgiouΒ - Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 1428, Email:Β cchatzigeo@ote.gr
Dimitris Tsatsanis - Financial Analyst, Investor RelationsΒ
Tel: +30 210 611 6071, Email:Β dtsatsanis@ote.gr
Daria KozanoglouΒ - Senior Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 1121, Email:Β nkozanoglou@ote.gr
Eftychia Tourna - Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 7236, Email:Β etourna@ote.gr
Eleni Agoglossaki - Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 7880, Email:Β eagoglossak@ote.gr
Forward-looking statement
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in theΒ U.S.Β Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect the Company's future financial results are discussed more fully in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2007 filed with the SEC on June 24, 2008.Β OTE assumes no obligation to update information in this release.
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