COMPANY PROFILE

1 COMPANY PROFILECOMPANY PROFILE

COMPANY PROFILECOMPANY PROFILEDear Sirs, We are proud to introduce you the leader of Ukrainian alcohol beverages, one of leading international company –Image Holding

The Holding consists ofProduction facilities:

1. Khortytsa Distillery - one of the largest alcoholic beverages producersin the world, located in the south-eastern part of Ukraine; 2. Feodosia Winery and Cognac House Crimean Wine House – wine distillery and wine-growing, situated in Crimea, in the heart of ancient city of Feodosia.

Distribution company: Trading House “Megapolis”- is a exclusive distributor of Khortytsa Distillery and Crimean Wine House productionThe company representative offices located in:1. Ukraine: wide-spread distribution network with 41 branch offices.2. Russia: Moscow, Postov-na-Donu, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, others – 64 regions;

2 COMPANY HISTORYCOMPANY HISTORY

COMPANY HISTORYCOMPANY HISTORY

Construction of the new vodka distillery Khortytsa started in 2002 году and

lasted only one year. It is the only enterprise in Ukraine built from scratch on a carefully selected spot as a part of an unparalleled project (9,2 hectares). In December 2003 the first batch of products came off the conveyor belt. Today, Khortytsa distillery is the most expansive and up-to-date

distillery In Ukraine. All its manufacturing facilities and components were purchased under the motto: «Best equipment for the best enterprise!». That is whythe Khortytsa distillery uses equipment from the world leaders in the manufacture of hardware for the food industry (REHAU engineering systems,GRUNDFOS pumps, TOYOTA loaders etc.) Highly reliable Italian bottling

lines ITAL PROJECT ensures high accuracy of each operation from thorough

dosing and corking to quality labeling and date marking.The alcohol cellar and bottling equipment is made of THYSSENKRUPPstainless steel. Highly-qualified personnel is employed to operate five lines with

producingcapacity of 600,000 dal monthly.The Company’s products are the absolute leader in sales on home market.The Company’s objective is to gain absolute leadership throughoutthe world.

Khortytsa DISTILLERYOUTPUT, IN DALS

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Khortitsa Distillery output, dals

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Объем производства ЛВЗ "Хортиця"

Khortytsa DISTILLERYOUTPUT, IN DALS

44 BUSINESS ANDBUSINESS ANDCORPORATE ETHICSCORPORATE ETHICS

BUSINESS AND BUSINESS AND CORPORATE ETHICSCORPORATE ETHICS

Company philosophy: our present and future is

based on acknowledgement and

vigorous development of the ABSOLUTE QUALITY

concept.

5 MISSIONMISSION

MISSIONMISSION

To be the undisputable leader in the field of absolute quality beverages production and distribution, securing long-term and

profitable business growth due to the effective

management and high professionalism of personal

6 COMPANY PERSONNELCOMPANY PERSONNEL

COMPANY PERSONNEL

Over 4,500 employees work for the company at the present. This is a concerted and team-oriented personnel. They are very dedicated to work and mostly concentrated on absolute quality of the end product.

The softness of taste, fineness of aroma and the unrepeatable uniqueness of the drink, its true quality, depend not only on the fine size of ingredients, temperatures of infusion and distillery, and time intervals of mixing but also on the state ofthe heart and spirit put into the beverage production.

7 UKRAINE: LEADING BRANDS MARKET SHARES

UKRAINE: VODKA MARKET DYNAMICS *

45 548

39 716

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58 947

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* figures by MEMRB-IRI company

UKRAINE: LEADING BRANDS MARKET SHARES (in liters)*

February/ March

2005April/ May

2005

June/ July 2005

August/ Sept. 2005

October/ Nov. 2005

December 2005/

January 2006

February/ March 2006

Khortytsa/ Хортиця 7% 7% 10% 12% 12% 14% 15%

Nemiroff/Немирофф 14% 14% 10% 10% 11% 12% 13%

Bilenka/Биленька 9% 9% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%

Soyuz-Viktan/ Союз-Виктан 7% 8% 8% 8% 9% 8% 9%

Medoff/Медофф 8% 8% 9% 8% 9% 9% 9%

Khlebny Dar/ Хлебный дар 4% 5% 6% 7% 7% 7% 7%

Myagkov/Мягков 2% 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 4%

Zlatogor/Златогор 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 4% 4%

Olimp/Олимп 8% 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 4%

Vdala/Вдала 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 4% 4%


UKRAINE: LEADING BRANDS MARKET SHARES *

Vodka leading brands market shares dynamics, in litres

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UKRAINE: LEADING BRANDS MARKET SHARES (in UAH) *


April/ May 2005

June/ July 2005

August/ Sept. 2005

October/ Nov. 2005

December 2005/

January 2006


Khortytsa/ Хортиця 9% 9% 13% 15% 15% 17% 18%

Nemiroff/Немирофф 17% 16% 12% 11% 12% 14% 15%

Bilenka/Биленька 9% 8% 9% 9% 9% 9% 9%

Soyuz-Viktan/ Союз-Виктан 7% 9% 8% 8% 9% 8% 9%

Medoff/Медофф 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 7% 7%

Khlebny Dar/ Хлебный дар 4% 5% 6% 7% 7% 7% 6%

Myagkov/Мягков 9% 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 4%

Zlatogor/Златогор 4% 5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 4%

Olimp/Олимп 2% 2% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4%

Vdala/Вдала 1% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 3%


Ukrainian vodka brands market structure dynamics, in UAH

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UKRAINE: LEADING BRANDS MARKET SHARES *


8 EXPORTEXPORT

EXPORTEXPORT

Owing to absolute quality, the Khortytsa brand products

are appreciated by consumers and are being sold

in 27 countries of the world.

Including Russia, Israel, Germany, Latvia, Kazakhstan,

Poland, Armenia and other countries.

By the end of the year number of countries

will reach 70.

9 OUR PARTNERSOUR PARTNERS

OUR PARTNERSOUR PARTNERS

RussiaPyatyorochka, Krestovsky, Alye Parusa, Avoska, Present Prod,Micridan, Mir VT, 7 Continent, Ashan, Prodmix, Eridan, Ireland, Germes Inter, Yuzhny Dvor, Hyam-Nyam, Stanem Druz’yamy, Billa, 12 months, Cotex-Torg, Ramstore, ABK, Grossmart, Ostrov, Tsenrt Servis, Dixica, Fortuna Garant.

UkraineFurshet, Veluka Kyshenya, Begemot, Silpo, Metro, Eco Market, Billa, Fozzy, Target, Class, Pyatyorochka, Rost, Akvamarin, Bolshaya Lozhka, Kelikh, ATB, Reinford, Kit, Econom +, Kramnytsya +, Amstore, Obzhora, Favorit, Krona, Soyuz-Leader, Grand, Pacco, Absolut, Oscar.

10 DISTRIBUTION IN UKRAINEDISTRIBUTION IN UKRAINEAND RUSSIAAND RUSSIA

EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION CAMPAIGN

Megapolis Trading House is the exclusive distributor forKhortytsa Distillery and Crimean Wine House.Megapolis Trading House was founded in 1995 and is the largest distributor of alcoholic beveragesin Ukraine. The Company arranges sales operating a network of 41 sales branches and 81 trading departments, which covers all regional centers of Ukraine. Megapolis Trading House performs supplies to more than 35 thousand sales outlets.

The Company is notable for the European labormanagement system. Our principles are customer-oriented policy, permanent staying in profit area, leadership on each level, self-training, in-processness.

Therefore Megapolis Trading House is an undisputed leader!

Starting from 2004 the Russian representative office of the company operates in Moscow. Nowadays distribution net consists of 13 branches and more than 50 trading departments operating in 64 regions of Russian Federation.

DISTRIBUTION IN UKRAINE

Zaporozhye, Nikopol, Melitopol, Berdyansk, Lugansk, Donetsk, Gorlovka, MariupolSimferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosia, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, Kherson,Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Odessa, Ismail, Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Uman, Sumy,Poltava, Kremechug, Kharkov, Kiev, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky, Belaya Tserkov, Rovno,Chernigov, Lutsk, Khmelnitsky, Ternopol, Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, Chernovtsy, Nezhin, Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, Konotop.

DISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIADISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIA

Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg,Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-na-Donu, Novosibirsk,Chelyabinsk, Volgograd, Omsk, Tomsk, Vladivostok,Tyumen, Magadan, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, etc. –64 regions altogether

BREAKDOWN OF DISTRIBUTION FIGURES BY PERIODS, 2005

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BREAKDOWN OF DISTRIBUTION FIGURES BY PERIODS, 2005

69% 69% 71% 70% 74% 78% 80%

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SALES PUTLETS DYNAMICS

Sales Outlets Dynamics

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Динамика ТТ

12 AWARDSAWARDS

AWARDSAWARDS

PRODEXPO-2004: ABSOLUTE QUALITY GOLD WINNERS

The International Exhibition of Foodstuff and Food Raw Materials ProdExpo-2004 (February 9 to13, Moscow) awarded the vodka Khortytsa Silver Freshness and the recipe of Pepper and Honey Spicy nastoyka with a title of Best Product 2004 and gold medals.

Best Brand of Ukraine All vodkas produced by Khortytsa distillery, which were exhibited at the alcoholic beverages tasting contest Best Brand of Ukraine held on the 16th National Fair Exhibition were rewarded with gold medals with the right to bear a medal image on labels.

BEST QUALITY VODKA IN UKRAINE HAS BEEN DEFINED The competent International Taste Panel acting within the frameworks of AlcoSoft Annual Exhibition awarded Khortytsa distillery beverages with twelve gold medals. It is worth noting that gold medals rewarded to all the Khortytsa distillery beverages presented at the contest is a unique achievement of a Ukrainian producer.

AWARDSAWARDS Khortytsa distillery: a sparkling debut in the

North capital of RussiaKhortytsa distillery presented a special vodka Khortytsa Platinum and bitter nastoyka Khortytsa Pepper and Honey Spicy at the 11th International Exhibition Petersburg Wine and Vokdka Fair 2004 held at the LenExpo exhibition center. The debut of the leading Ukrainian distillery Khortytsa was a success: Khortytsa Platinum was awarded with a gold medal and Khortytsa Pepper and Honey Spicy -with a silver medal.

New Khortytsa distillery winnings10 product names presented by the Khortytsa distillery at the 11th International Specialized Exhibition Fair WINE-VODKA-TOBACCO 2004 held in Sochi were awarded with 10 medals in all nominations. This is an ABSOLUTE ACHIEVEMENT at such large-scale exhibition!

Khortytsa gold parade On February 15, 2005 the XII Tasting Contest held

within the PRODEXPO International Exhibition announced its winners. With a high status of a largest East-European contest the competent panel highly rated the Khortytsa distillery products. In addition to diplomas of honour, which the leader of market is accustomed to, the products of the super-modern distillery have won 6 medals for exclusive recipes and absolute quality.

AWARDSAWARDS

Best vokda in Ukraine has been defined Striking results have been shown by Khortytsa distillery at the ALCO+SOFT’ 2005 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition! The company products were awarded with 24 medals for quality and the top contest prize Grand Prix. It was first time in the exhibition history when such a number of awards was won by the same producer.

LenExpo 2005At the 12th International Wine and Beverages Exhibition LenExpo 2005, Saint-Petersburg, each and every product presented thereat was awarded with a medal in various nominations! Awards granted at the international specialized exhibition in Russia implicitly prove the absolute quality and excellent tasting parameters peculiar to the Khortytsa distillery products.

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HISTORY OF FOUNDATION Crimean Wine House

HISTORY OF FOUNDATION

The Company has quite recently launched Wine branch, however, due to its professionalism and purposefulness, it is rapidly and successfully expanding now.

Feodosia Winery is unique for it keeps hereditary secrets of wine growing since it was founded in 1824 by Count Alexander Baude and follows old traditions of wine making so far.

At the beginning of ХХ century a hereditary nobleman was forcedto escape from Bolshevik repressions and for that reason Count Baude immigrated accompanied by his family to France. Onlyin 1991 upon results of bidding at the international auction, the Baude Mansion and old-established winery were restoredto the descendants of initial owners. The winery was given a new name of Crimean Wine House.

12 years later, in 2003 Crimean Wine House was acquired by Image Holding Company. The Company entered into the contract by virtue of which certain grape varieties are directly delivered from BordeauxProvince France.

ИСТОРИЯ СОЗДАНИЯ

At the same time, the Crimean nature, where the Crimean Wine House land is spread, is as specially createdfor wine growing and wine making prosperity.Contrasting relief is where vineyards are planted on downhills, in valleys and plains close to the seaside ofthe Black Sea.Plenty of sunshine ensures bunches of crapes grow ripetill November gaining the best sweetness.Variety of soils provides that wine from every certain areais notable for individual impressive nature.Vineyards, crape storehouses and winery together are located on a wide spread territory of Crimean Wine House (about4,5 thousand ha), that brought into the worlda wide selection of dry, fortified and sweet wine, and as well quite rare natural semi-sweet wines.

14 PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION

Crimean Wine House uses experience of high-skilledwine makers and ultramodern equipment for wineproduction. Work continues here during a whole year, including daily attendance at the vineyards and application of skills andexperience for growing a high-quality product.At present the modern Italian bottling lines made by ITALPROJECT, a world known company, are mounted inCrimean Wine House sites. Production process is completely automated and requires minimum manual interference.Every line is provided with warranty, ensures a high protection and safety level. The equipment conforms to all applicable technical, ecological and sanitary standards. For bottling Crimean Wine House mostly uses 0,75 l bottles of European standard manufactured in compliance to advanced international technologies.The winery production capacity is valued in six digits, in particular,at the same time 11 thous. tons of wine raw material can be stored and 10,3 thous. tons of crape can be processed at Crimean WineHouse. Every selection of wine manufactured here is specialand unique. Each is notable for original history, individual flavorand is exclusive without any doubts.

Wide lands of Crimean Wine House amaze by rich grape varieties, including different table varieties (45%). However it is not a limit. In the near future it is planned further expansion of the vineyards. A gross crape yield of 14 thousand tonsshall be deemed an immediate objective of an extensive developmentIt will result to the development of the wine branch and facilitate increasing of the company’sprofit.

КрымскийВинный Дом

STRATEGIC SALES PLAN

2006

Ukraine: 11 100 000 bot.

Export: 1 670 000 bot.

2007

Ukraine: 19 050 000 bot.

Export: 7 550 000 bot.

HOLDING DEVELOPMENT HOLDING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYSTRATEGY

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 20062006

July 2006 – launch of alcoholic beverage bottling using leased production facilities in the Russian Federation;

October 2006 – doubling of Khortytsa Distillery production output;

November 2006 – increasing production output of Crimean Wine House Affiliated Company;

December 2006 – export supplies to 70 countries all over the world

2007 – launch of a new distillery in the Russian Federation

2007 – construction of glass-works plant2007 – construction of cognac house in the Crimea

2008 – launch of pure-alcohol plant

2008 – construction of printing plant

2008 – construction of juice plant

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FORDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 2007 – 20082007 – 2008

2007 – distribution network is accomplished throughout the countries, which are the major customers, such as Russia, Kazakhstan and Poland. Formation of distribution network in the USA

The company aims

at absolute leadership

in sales

IN THE WHOLE WORLD !

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