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Bank of Greece

Capital/Financing Update Jul 25, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 25 July 2011

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AGRICULTURAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.

Issue of EUR 1,500,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due July 2014

unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

pursuant to Law 3723/2008 on "Liquidity Support of the Economy for mitigating consequences of the international financial and credit crises and other provisions" and associated Ministerial decisions

under the EUR 10,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 4 July 2011 as supplemented by the information memorandum dated 4 July 2011 (together, the "Exempt Prospectus"), which for the purposes of the issue of the Notes described herein does not constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended) (the "Prospectus Directive"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein and must be read in conjunction with the Exempt Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Exempt Prospectus. The Exempt Prospectus is available for viewing at the website of Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A. (www.atebank.gr) and during normal business hours at the registered office of Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A. at 23 Panepistimiou Street, 10564 Athens, Greece and copies may be obtained from The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. at Vertigo Building, Polaris - 2-4 rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

ι. $\left( 1\right)$ Issuer: Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A.
(ii) Guarantor: The Hellenic Republic.
2. (i) Series Number: 6
(ii) Tranche Number: (If fungible with an
existing Series, details of that Series,
including the date on which the Notes
become fungible).
1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies:
EURO ("EUR")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: EUR 1,500,000,000
(ii) Tranche: EUR 1,500,000,000
5. (i) Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Specified Denominations: EUR 100,000
7. Calculation Amount: EUR 100,000
8. (i) Issue Date: 26 July 2011
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue date
9. Maturity Date: Interest Payment Date falling in or nearest to July
2014.
10. Interest Basis: 3 Month EURIBOR + 12.00 per cent. Floating Rate.
(further particulars specified below).
11. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par.
12. Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment
Basis:
Not Applicable
13. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
14. (i) Status of the Notes: Senior.
(ii) Status of the Guarantee: Unconditional and irrevocable
(iii) Date Board approval for issuance of
Notes obtained:
19 July 2011.
15. Method of distribution: Non-syndicated.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
16. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable.
17. Floating Rate Note Provisions Applicable.
(i)
Interest Period(s):
(ii)
Specified Interest Payment Dates:
Quarterly
Interest will be paid quarterly in arrear on 26 October,
26 January, 26 April and 26 July, in each year
commencing on 26 October 2011 up to and including
26 July 2014, subject in each case to adjustment with
the Business Day Convention specified below.
(iii) First Interest Payment Date: 26 October 2011
Business Day Convention:
(iv)
Additional Business Centre(s)
(v)
(vi)
Manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest
is/are to be determined:
(vii)
Party responsible for calculating the
Rate(s) of Interest and/or Interest
Amount(s) (if not the Fiscal Agent):
Screen Rate Determination:
(viii)
Reference Rate:
٠
Interest Determination Date(s):
Modified
Following Business Day Convention,
Adjusted
Athens
Screen Rate Determination.
Not Applicable
3 Month EURIBOR.
The second day on which the TARGET System is
open prior to the start of each Interest Period.
Relevant Screen Page:
٠
Reuters Page EURIBOR01
Relevant Time: 11.00 a.m. Brussels time
Relevant Financial Centre: Euro zone
Reference Banks: Not Applicable
ISDA Determination:
(ix)
Floating Rate Option: Not Applicable
Designated Maturity: Not Applicable
Reset Date: Not Applicable
(x) Margin(s): $+12.00$ per cent. per annum.
Minimum Rate of Interest:
(xi)
Maximum Rate of Interest:
(xii)
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
(xiii) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
(xiv) Fall back provisions, rounding
provisions, denominator and any other
terms relating to the method of
calculating interest on Floating Rate
Notes, if different from those set out in
the Conditions:
As set out in the Conditions.
18. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable.
19. Index-Linked Interest Note Provisions Not Applicable.
20. Dual Currency Note Provisions Not Applicable.
21. Upper Tier 2 Notes: Not Applicable.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
22. Call Option Not Applicable.
23. Put Option Not Applicable.
24. Final Redemption Amount per Calculation
Amount:
EUR 100,000 per Calculation Amount.
25. Early Redemption Amount: Not Applicable
Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation
Amount payable on redemption for taxation
reasons and Early Termination Amount payable
or redemption due to an event of default or a
Capital Disqualification Event and/or the
method of calculating the same (if required or if
different from that set out in the Conditions):
Not Applicable

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  1. Form of Notes:

Bearer Notes:

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a
Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes in the limited circumstances specified in the Permanent Global Note.

  1. New Global Note: Yes 28. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special Athens provisions relating to Payment Dates: 29. Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be N0 attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of Not Applicable 30. each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made and consequences (if any) of failure to pay, including any right of the Issuer to forfeit the Notes and interest due on late payment: Not Applicable 31. Details relating to Instalment Notes: amount of each instalment, date on which each payment is to be made: 32. Redenomination, renominalisation and Not Applicable reconventioning provisions: 33. Other final terms:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Condition 20 (Meetings of Noteholders; Modification and Waiver) of the Notes or the Agency Agreement and for the purposes of this issue of Notes only, to the extent that the Terms and Conditions of the Notes or the Agency Agreement contain provisions which are inconsistent with the requirements of Law 3156/2003 (the "Bond Law") of Greece, then such provisions shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with such Bond Law and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes or the Agency Agreement), at any meeting the purpose of which is to assent to any modification of the Terms and Conditions of the Notes in a manner unfavourable to the interests of the Noteholders:

  • (a) the quorum shall be (regardless of whether the meeting is an adjourned meeting or not) one or more persons present holding Notes or voting certificates or being proxies and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than twothirds in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding; and
  • (b) at such meeting, the power to assent to any such modification shall be exercisable by Bond Law Extraordinary Resolution only.

"Bond Law Extraordinary Resolution" means a resolution passed at a meeting of the Noteholders duly convened and held in accordance with the provisions herein contained by a majority of not less than twothirds in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding.

DISTRIBUTION

34. (i) If syndicated, names and addresses of
Managers and underwriting
commitments:
Not Applicable.
(ii) Date of Subscription Agreement: Not Applicable
(iii) Stabilising Manager (if any): Not Applicable
35. If non-syndicated, name and address of Dealer: AGRICULTURAL BANK OF GREECE S.A., 23,
PANEPISTIMIOU STR.
105
64
ATHENS.
GREECE.
36. Total commission and concession: Not Applicable
37. U.S. Selling Restrictions: reg. S Compliance Category TEFRA D.
38. Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable.

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to listing on the Official List of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange of the Notes described herein pursuant to the EUR 10,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of ABG Finance International plc and Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A.:

By: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ ______________________________________

Duly Authorised

GEORGIOS Z. STAMNOS

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

$\mathbf{1}$ . LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING:

Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be listed on the official list of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 26 July 2011.

$2.$ RATINGS

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Ratings:

The Notes to be issued will not be rated

$\overline{3}$ . INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE/OFFER

"Save as discussed in "Subscription and Sale", for any fees payable to the Dealers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer

Not Applicable

$\overline{4}$ . REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES

$\bf (i)$ Reasons for the offer: Not Applicable
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: Not Applicable
  • $(iii)$ Estimated total expenses: Not Applicable
    1. YIELD (Fixed Rate Notes only)

Indication of yield:

HISTORIC INTEREST RATES (Floating Rate Notes only) 6.

Details of historic EURIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters.

7. PERFORMANCE OF INDEX/FORMULA/OTHER VARIABLE, EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING

Not Applicable

PERFORMANCE OF RATES OF EXCHANGE AND EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON 8. VALUE OF INVESTMENT (Dual Currency Notes only)

Not Applicable

$91$ OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) ISIN Code: XS0651719378
(ii) Common Code: 065171937
  • $(iii)$ Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable. Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and the relevant identification number(s):
  • $(iv)$ Delivery: Delivery free of payment.

$(v)$ Names and addresses of initial Paying Agent(s) (if any):

The Bank of New York Mellon, One Canada Square, London E14 5AL

and

The Bank of New York Mellon, Vertigo Building, Polaris, 2-4 rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg

$(vi)$ Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):

$(vii)$ Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

Yes

Not Applicable.

Note that the designation "yes" simply means that the Notes are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper and does not necessarily mean that the Notes will be recognized as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.

SCHEDULE TO FINAL TERMS Deed of Guarantee executed by the Hellenic Republic relating to the Notes

DEED OF GUARANTEE

THIS DEED OF GUARANTEE is executed on the Execution Date specified below by The Hellenic Republic.

The Guarantee Terms as issued and published by the Minister of Economy and Finance by means of Decision No. 2/5121/0025/26-01-2009, under Article 2 of Law 3723/2008 (which inter alia provide for the unconditional and irrevocable guarantee by The Hellenic Republic of the Debt Obligations in favour of the Beneficiaries (as defined therein) shall be deemed to be incorporated in and form part of this Deed of Guarantee as if the same had been set out herein.

For the purposes of this Deed of Guarantee:

Credit Institution means Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A. with registered office at 23 Panepistimiou Street, Athens;

Debt Obligations means any obligation arising from an issue, under law 3156/2003. on or about 22.07.2011, of bonds of an aggregate amount of euro 1.500.000.000 pursuant to the provisions of a programme established on 04.07.2011 and Final Terms dated on or about 20.07.2011 including, inter alia the following: (a) number and form of bonds: 15.000 bearer bonds; (b) denomination:euro 100,000; (c) interest rate: floating rate euribor 3M plus 12.00%; (d) maturity date: on or about 22 July 2014; (e) ISIN code XS 0651719378; and

Execution Date means 22 July 2011.

This Deed of Guarantee is executed as a deed by the Deputy Minister of Finance on behalf of The Hellenic Republic.

Athens, 22 July 2011

Signed by Philippos Sachinidis Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance on behalf of the Hellenic Republic

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