Dividend Dates

Hellenic Carriers Limited

25 March 2010

Hellenic Carriers Announces Dividend Dates

Hellenic Carriers Limited, ("Hellenic" or the "Company") (AIM: HCL), an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announces today the dates of their dividend payment for the year ended 31 December 2009.

The Company announced on 16 March 2010 that subject to shareholders' approval at the AGM to be held in Athens on 12 May 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company recommended a final dividend for 2009 of GBP 2.47 pence per share or total GBP 1,127.

The final dividend will be payable on 21 May 2010 to shareholders on record as of 30 April 2010. The ex-dividend date will be 28 April 2010.

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For further information please contact:

Hellenic Carriers Limited

Elpida Kyriakopoulou, Chief Financial Officer

E-mail: [email protected] 

+30 210 455 8900

Jefferies International Limited

 Schuyler Evans

+44 20 7029 8000

Capital Link

Annie Evangeli +44 (0) 20 3206 1320 (London)

Ramnique Grewal +1 212 661 7566 (New York)

E-mail: [email protected]

Further Information

About Hellenic Carriers Limited

Hellenic Carriers Limited owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk vessels that transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina, and other dry bulk cargoes worldwide. Its current fleet consists of six vessels, comprising four Panamaxes, one Supramax and one Handymax with an aggregate carrying capacity of 372,742 dwt.