S & B ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΑ ΟΡΥΚΤΑ Α.Ε.

Announcement pursuant to Law 3556/2007

S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. announces pursuant to Law 3556/2007 in combination with article 11 of Decision 1/434/03.7.2007 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and article 13 of Law 3340/2005 that the following executives and BoD's members bought on December 24, 2008, due to the exercise of its stock option program, the following common shares of our company:
1. Vidalis Efthymios, CEO, 4.500 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 24.660,00
2. Anavlavis Kriton, CFO, 1.650 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 8.827,50
3. Androulakis Thomas, Bauxite & Otavi Minerals Division General Manager, 1.500 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 8.025,00
4. Koumandou Irene, Director of CSR & Communication, 1.050 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 5.617,50
5. Valavani Evangelia, Corporate Human Resources Manager, 1.050 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 5.617,50
6. Kyriacopoulos Ulysses, BoD Chairman, 1.800 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 9.630,00
7. Pagiaslis Nicholas, Internal Audit Services Manager, 570 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 3.123,60
8. Chatziparaskevas Aris, Perlite Division General Manager, 1.080 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 5.918,40
9. Paniaras Ioannis, Bentonite Division General Manager, 3.000 common shares of our company of a total value of Euro 16.440,00.