KYIV, UKRAINE — AVANGARDCO INVESTMENTS PUBLIC LIMITED (LSE: AVGR) (the «Company» or «AVANGARDCO IPL»), the largest producer of shell eggs and egg products in Ukraine and number one producer in Eurasia, announces that the rating agency Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has upgraded the Company’s long-term local currency issuer default rating (IDR) to ‘B+’ and national long-term rating to ‘AA+(ukr)’. Foreign currency IDR has been affirmed at ‘B’. The outlook for all ratings is Stable.