S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. announces that on 10.09.2009 it completed the transfer of the pre-emption rights corresponding to 219,470 own shares, pursuant to the relevant decision of the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 16, 2009. Specifically, on the 9th and 10th September 2009, it transferred 5,000 and 214,470 pre-emption rights, respectively, The respective transfers were performed on the market of the Athens Exchange and the transaction values amounted to euro 1,550 and euro 60,051.60, respectively.