PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES (LIMIT BREACH INTENTION)

The company GR. SARANTIS S.A., within the context of the share buyback program that was approved by the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting dated 02/06/2008 and modified by the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders meeting dated 11/11/2008, and based on article 5 (par.3) of the 2273/2003 Regulation of the European Commission, announces that it plans to proceed during the trading sessions between 12/03/09 and 19/03/09 to share purchases exceeding the limit of 25% of the average daily volume, as the latter is defined in par. 2 of the aforementioned article.

The share purchases will not exceed the 50% of the average daily volume.