Key financial highlights for the year 2011 (unaudited):

• The Group’s revenue increased 37 per cent year-on-year to USD 50.6 million.
• The Group’s gross margin increased to 44 per cent compared to 27 per cent in 2010.
• The Group’s EBITDA increased 88 per cent year-on-year to USD 21.7 million.

Revenue

The Group’s revenue increased 37 per cent y-o-y to USD 50.6 mln due to the increase in volumes of eggs and egg products sold as well as the increase in average selling prices for eggs on the Ukrainian market.

The egg segment contributed 70 per cent (USD 35.5 mln) while the egg products segment contributed 27 per cent (USD 13.7 mln) to the total revenue of the Group. Sunflower processing segment contributed 3 per cent (USD 1.4 mln) to the Group’s total revenue. Retail chains accounted for 43 per cent of eggs revenue (2010: 39 per cent).

Gross profit

The gross profit increased 124 per cent to USD 22.5 mln. The Group’s gross margin increased to 44 per cent (2010: 27 per cent), mainly due to the increase of selling prices and decrease in production costs as a result of improvement of production.

EBITDA

The Group’s EBITDA increased to USD 21.7 mln in 2011 (2010: USD 11.6 mln) mainly due to the increase in volumes sold and consequently increase in revenue. The EBITDA margin increased to 43 per cent compared to 31 per cent in 2010.

The Group’s CEO Borys Bielikov has noted: "2011 has become the year of Ovostar Union’s steady growth in the key business segments. Currently we focus on implementing the investment program that will double our production of eggs and egg products by the end of 2013. The effectiveness of our business model is verified by steadily growing financial and operational results."