S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. announces that the Annual General Meeting of the company's shareholders held on June 1, 2006 approved, among others, the dividend payment of EUR 0.27 per share for the fiscal year 2005.
Eligible to receive dividend are the shareholders of record on Friday, June 2, 2006 after the closing of the trading session of the ATHEX. As of Monday, June 5, 2006 the shares of the company are traded ex-dividend. Dividend payment will commence on Wednesday, June 14, 2006, until December 14, 2006 and will be processes through EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. as follows:
1. by the Account Operator, with the Dematerialized Securities System, of those shareholders who have authorized their operator to collect dividend payment, as provided by article 329 of the ATHEX regulation and article 39 of the Central Securities Depository regulation.
2. by EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. branch network, to those shareholders requesting non collection by their Operator, those shareholders whose shares are kept with the Special Account of the Central Securities Depository or for shares kept in accounts of not disclosed investors.
3. through credit of their bank account with EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. for shareholders that have authorised EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. to collect dividend.

For collection of dividend though the EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A. branch network shareholders are required to submit their Identification Card. Payment of dividend to a third person will take place only with the submission of proxy, with full data of shareholders and of the entitled (full name, family name, Identification Card number, Tax Registry number) certified by the Authorities.

Following the expiration of six (6) months as of the date of payment (i.e. as of 15/12/2006) dividend will be paid only at the company s offices, 15 A. Metaxa str Kifissia, 145 64. For any further information shareholders may address the Shareholders Department of S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., Mrs. Ilia Bardani (tel: +30 210 6296153).