29th Apr 2010 11:45
PRESS RELEASE
April 29 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine
MHP S.A. Results of AGM
MHP S.A. (LSE: MHPC) (''MHP'' or ''The Company'') today announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held at 4, rue Guillaume Kroll, Luxembourg on Tuesday 27 April 2010 all resolutions were passed.
That the agenda of the AGM was as follows:
1. Presentation of the management report of the Board of Directors and of the independent auditor.
2. Presentation and approval of MHP Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2009, of MHP Statutory Financial Statements (stand alone accounts) for the year ended 31 December 2009 and of the report from the reviseur on Statutory Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2009.
3. Allocation of the results.
4. Discharge to be granted to the members of the Board of Directors for the financial year ending 31 December 2009.
5. Renewal of the mandate of the independent auditor until the following general meeting called to approve the annual accounts of the Company as of 31 December 2010.
6. Miscellaneous.
For further information please contact:
Financial Dynamics Ben Foster (London) Marc Cohen (London) Leonid Solovyev (Moscow)
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London: +44 20 7831 3113 Moscow: +7 495 795 06 23
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For investor relations enquiries:
MHP Anastasia Sobotyuk (Kyiv) |
Kiev: +380 44 207 99 58
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Notes to Editors:
About MHP
MHP was admitted to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange in May 2008. It is the leading producer of poultry products in Ukraine, with a 2009 market share for industrially produced chicken meat of approximately 43%, according to the State Committee on Statistics of Ukraine. It's "Nasha Ryaba" brand is the market leader, whilst MHP also has several other national and regional brands for processed meat products.
MHP is fully vertically integrated owning and operating 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 bio-security and to control the quality of its inputs and the resulting quality and consistency of its products through to the point of sale.
MHP also has an important and expanding grain operation, producing and selling sunflower oil as a by-product of its fodder production. MHP also produces and sells beef, sausages, cooked meats convenience food products, goose meat, foie gras and fruit.
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