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28 Apr 2011 07:00
PRESS RELEASE
April 28 2011, 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 Wednesday 27 April 2011 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 MHP S.A. Consolidated Financial Statements Years Ended 31 December 2010 and report of the réviseur d'enterprises (stand alone financial statements) as of 31.12.2010.
3. Allocation of the results.
4. Discharge to be granted to the members to the Board of Directors for the financial year ending 31 December 2010.
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 2011.
6. Approval of the sale of GDRs acquired pursuant to the implementation of the Share Buy Back Program.
The general meeting of shareholders approves the decision of the Board of Directors adopted on March 25, 2011 as to the potential sale of Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") held in treasury by the Company in order to improve the market liquidity of the Company's shares in the market. Such potential sale of GDRs may occur within the next three years.
These GDRs are those GDRs which in the course of implementation of the Share Buy Back Program were purchased onto the market in accordance with the resolutions of the board of directors dated May 18, 2010 and held in treasury as at December 31, 2010.
The general meeting of shareholders acknowledges that in case the sale of GDRs held in treasury occurs, such sale will be in the best corporate interest of the Company and for the Company's corporate benefit.
7. Miscellaneous.
For further information please contact:
Financial Dynamics Ben Foster (London) Marc Cohen (London) Oleg Leonov (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 Anastasiia Sobotiuk (Kyiv) a.sobotyuk@mhp.com.ua |
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 2010 market share for industrially produced chicken meat of approximately 50%, according to the State Committee on Statistics of Ukraine. It's "Nasha Riaba" 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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