OPAP S.A. announces to its shareholders that, according to par. 4.1.3.4. of the Athens Exchange Regulation, the Company's Board of Director decided during its meeting on 30.08.2016 to distribute a gross amount of euro 38,231,214.96or euro 0.12 per share excluding 406,542 own shares, as interim dividend for the fiscal year 2016.

The interim dividend of the amount of 0.12 euro per share is subject to 15% withholding tax in accordance to L. 4387/2016, i.e. 0.018 euro per share. Therefore the net payable amount to the shareholders following the above mentioned tax withhold amounts to 0.102 euro per share.

OPAP's registered Shareholders on Friday, 14.10.2016 (record-date) are eligible to receive the payment. The Cut-Off Date (i.e. the date from which the Company's shares will be traded on the Athens Exchange without the right to receive the interim dividend was set for Thursday, 13.10.2016. The payment to entitled Shareholders commences on Thursday, 20.10.2016 and will be processed through the Piraeus Bank, as follows:

1. Via the entitled shareholder's Dematerialized Security System's Operators (Banks, Custodians and Securities firms), according to Articles 4.1.3.4. of the ATHEX Regulation and article 39 of the Operations Regulation of the Central Securities Depository.

2. Via the Piraeus Bankbranch network, for those of the Shareholders who have requested to be exempted from their Account Operator to the Dematerialized Securities System or whose shares are kept in their special investor's account.

3. Shareholders, who, for any reason, are unable to collect their dividend through their Account Operator, will be able to collect it through the Piraeus Bankbranch network starting on 31.10.2016.

Dividend collection by the entitled shareholders for the abovementioned cases 2 and 3 will be possible either in person or by proxy (in which case the relevant proxy documentation will need to be submitted to the Company with certification of their signature) upon notification of the Investors' Account Code Number of the Dematerialized Security System and of proof of Identity.

For any further information, shareholders are requested to directly contact the Company's Investor Relations Division, tel.: +30 210 5798930.

It is clarified that the right to collect dividend disperses if not collected within a period of five (5) years from the end of the year that the corresponding right was born (Civil Code article 250, par. 15) and that following such term any relevant amount shall be reimbursed to the Hellenic Republic according to article 1 of legal decree 1195/1942.

ATHENS, 30.08.2016

OPAPS.A.

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