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Acquisition of grain growing facilities

1st Jul 2010 07:10

RNS Number : 5649O
MHP S.A.
01 July 2010
 

 

PRESS RELEASE

July 1, 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine

MHP S.A.

Acquisition of grain growing facilities

MHP S.A. ("MHP" or the "Company", LSE ticker: "MHPC"), one of the leading agro-industrial companies in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, today announces that it has acquired SE "Interagrotrade" and SE "Interagro" whose principal activities are cultivation of grains in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Together SE "Interagrotrade" and SE "Interagrotrade" have more than 9,000 hectares of land under control.

Yuriy Kosyuk, Chief Executive Officer of MHP, said:

"This acquisition is in line with our stated strategy of increasing our grain output by expanding our land bank to reach close to 350,000 hectares over the next few years."

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For further information please contact:

 

Financial Dynamics

Ben Foster (London)

Marc Cohen (London)

Leonid Solovyev (Moscow)

 

For Investor Relations enquiries

Anastasiya Sobotyuk (Kyiv)

 

 

London: +44 20 7831 3113

 

Moscow: +7 495 795 06 23

 

Kyiv: +38 044 207 99 58

[email protected]

 

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Notes to Editors:

 

Information on MHP

 

MHP is the leading producer of poultry products in Ukraine with the greatest market share and highest brand recognition for its products. MHP owns and operates each of the key stages of chicken production processes, from feed grains and fodder production to egg hatching and grow out to processing, marketing, distribution and sales (including through MHP's franchise outlets). Vertical integration reduces MHP's dependence on suppliers and its exposure to increases in raw material prices. In addition to cost efficiency, vertical integration also allows MHP to maintain strict biosecurity and to control the quality of its inputs and the resulting quality and consistency of its products through to the point of sale. To support its sales, MHP maintains a distribution network consisting of 11 distribution and logistical centres, within major Ukrainian cities. MHP uses its trucks for the distribution of its products, which Management believes reduces overall transportation costs and delivery times.

MHP also has a leading grain cultivation business growing corn to support the vertical integration of its chicken production and increasingly other grains, such as wheat and rape, for sale to third parties. MHP leases agricultural land located primarily in the highly fertile black soil regions of Ukraine.

 

Since May 15, 2008, MHP has traded on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MHPC.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release might contain forward-looking statements that refer to future events or forecast financial indicators for MHP S.A. Such statements do not guarantee that these are actions to be taken by MHP S.A. in the future, and estimates can be inaccurate and uncertain. Actual final indicators and results can considerably differ from those declared in any forward-looking statements. MHP S.A. does not intend to change these statements to reflect actual results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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