KYIV, UKRAINE – AVANGARDCO INVESTMENTS PUBLIC LIMITED (LSE: AVGR) (the “Company” or “AVANGARDCO IPL”), the leading producer of shell eggs and egg products in Ukraine and number one producer in Eurasia, today announces the fifth coupon payment in the amount of USD 10 million on its 5-year Eurobonds. The coupon is payable semi-annually in arrears on 29 April and 29 October at the rate of 10% p.a.
Background information
The Notes have been admitted to the official list of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's regulated market with effect from 1 November 2010. The Notes mature on 29 October 2015.
J.P.Morgan Securities Ltd and TD Investment Limited acted as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers of the issue.
For investor relations enquiries:
Valeriya Myagkohod
AVANGARDCO IPL
Investor Relations Manager
phone.: +38 044 393 40 50
mob.: +38 067 223 46 88
e-mail: ir@avangardco.ua
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Notes to Editors
Avangardco IPL is one of the largest agro-industrial companies in Ukraine, specializing in the production of eggs and egg products. Based on figures for the year 2012, the Company holds a 33% share of the Ukrainian egg market (52% of the industrial egg market) and an 88% share of the Ukrainian egg products market. As of 31 December 2012, the total poultry stock of the Company was 27.5 million heads. The Company’s plants are located in 14 regions of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In 2012 the Company exported its products to 32 countries, generally to the Middle East, Asia and CIS. As of 31 December 2012, revenues amounted to US$629.3 mln (2011: US$553.3 mln) and EBITDA was US$ 279.8 mln (2011: US$245.8 mln).
The Company’s shares, in the form of Global Depositary Receipts, have been traded on the London Stock Exchange since May 2010. Eurobonds of around $200 mln with a maturity on 29 October 2015 were included in the official list of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and admitted to trading on a regulated market of the London Stock Exchange since November 1, 2010.
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