The company GR. SARANTIS S.A. announces, according to the article 21 of the L.3556/2007 and the article 11 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission decision 1/434/3.07.07 that Mr. Kyriakos Sarantis son of Pantazis, Vice Chairman of the BoD and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, proceeded on 24/12/08 to the purchase of 2,000 (two thousand) common shares at the average price of 4.04 euros (four euros and four cents) of total value 8,079.20 euros (eight thousand seventy nine euros and twenty cents).