KYIV, UKRAINE - AVANGARDCO INVESTMENTS PUBLIC LIMITED (the "Company" or "AVANGARDCO IPL"), the largest producer of shell eggs and egg products in Ukraine and number one producer in Eurasia, announces today the results of its Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of shareholders held at Anexartisias & Kyriakou Matsi, 3, 3040 Limassol, Cyprus, at 12:00 pm, local time, Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
The EGM approved all items on the agenda, including:
- Changes in the Board of Directors;
- Appointment Mrs. Nataliya Vasylyuk as a Chairwoman of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors consists of the following members:
- NataliyaVasylyuk, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
- Oleg Bakhmatyuk, Board member
- Oleg Pohotsky, Independent Board member
- Iryna Marchenko, Board member
- Oksana Prosolenko, Board member
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For investor's inquiries:
Alina Korniets
AVANGARDCO IPL
Acting Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +38 044 393 40 50
Mobile: +38 067 664 49 99
e-mail: a.korniets@avangardco.ua
FTI Consulting London
Larisa Millings/Marc Cohen
+44 20 3077 0500
FTI Consulting Moscow
Oleg Leonov
+7 495 795 06 23
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AVANGARDCO IPLis one of the largest agro-industrial companies in Ukraine, specializing in the production of eggs and egg products. As of September, 30 2012, the total poultry stock of the Company was 27.4 million heads. The Company’s production facilities are located in 14 regions of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. As of September, 30 2012, the Company exported its products to 34 countries of the world, mostly to the Middle East, Asia and the CIS countries. As of September, 30 2012, revenues amounted to US$445.8 million (9M2011: US$334.9 million) and EBITDA was US$194.0 million (9M2011: US$140.6 million).
The Company’s shares, in the form of Global Depositary Receipts, have been traded on the London Stock Exchange since May 2010. The Eurobond issue for approximately $200 million with a maturity on 29 October 2015 was included in the official list of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and admitted to trading on a regulated market of the London Stock Exchange on November 1, 2010.
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