OPAP : Announcement of the detachment and payment of the remaining dividend 2023

Announcement of the detachment and payment of the remaining dividend

The Company OPAP S.A. announces that the twenty fourth (24th) Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of OPAP S.A. held on the 25th of April 2024 approved the distribution of a total gross dividend of 590,270,762 euro for the financial year 2023. It is noted that the Company's Board of Directors had decided the distribution of a gross amount of 368,233,117 euro as interim dividend prior the relevant withholding tax, and the relevant payment was made to the shareholders on 09.11.2023.

The gross amount of remaining dividend for the financial year 2023 amounts in total to 222,037,645 euro or 0.610525649 euro per share prior to the withholding tax and excluding the 6,379,994 own shares of the Company. The amount of remaining dividend of 0.610525649 euro per share is subject to 5% withholding tax, where applicable, in accordance with the provisions of articles 61, 62 and 62 of Greek law 4172/2013, as in force. Therefore, the net amount of remaining dividend for the financial year 2023 payable to the shareholders following the above withholding tax amounts to 0.579999366 euro per share.

The shareholders being eligible to receive the remaining dividend for the financial year 2023 are the shareholders of the Company being registered in Dematerialized Security System's records on Tuesday, 30.04.2024 (record date). As of Monday, 29.04.2024 (cut-off date), the shares of the Company will be trading in Athens Exchange without the right to the remaining dividend for the financial year 2023.

The payment of the remaining dividend for the financial year 2023 to the beneficiaries will commence on Thursday, 09.05.2024, and will be processed through the paying bank "PIRAEUS BANK S.A.", as follows:

1. Through the operators of the beneficiaries in the Dematerialized Security System (Banks, custodians and securities firms), according to the ATHEXCSD Rulebook and ATHEXCSD's relevant resolutions.
2. Especially in cases of remaining dividend payment to heirs of deceased beneficiaries, whose securities are kept in the Special Account of their Share in the DSS under the management of ATHEXCSD, dividend payment process will be carried out after the completion of the legitimation of their heirs, through "PIRAEUS BANK S.A." network for five (5) years from the end of this year (namely, until December 31st, 2029).

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

For any further information, shareholders are requested to directly contact the Company's Investor Relations Team (contact number +30 210 5798930).

ATHENS, 25.04.2024

OPAP S.A.

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