Statement of General Director

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

On behalf of the management of the company "Astarta-Kyiv" let me welcome you on our website!

Astarta-Kiev today is a powerful agri-industrial holding company - leader of the Ukrainian sugar industry.

Our company was founded in 1993 - at the time of formation of the first market economy institutions in Ukraine and came through a complicated period of growth, consolidation and development.

The key to our success is the vertical integration of sugar plants and agricultural companies - the main suppliers of sugar beet in line with internationally adopted practice of the beet sugar production.

Our urge towards partnership with our suppliers and consumers allowed us to elaborate stable long-term business relations with the leaders of the Ukrainian confectionary industry, international traders and deserve impeccable credit history.

Our credo can be described by one word only - "RELIABILITY".

We respect our own labour and work of other people around us. We are happy to see when our business partners achieve success with our assistance.

We are in constant search of new opportunities for development of our business to be able to respond to new challenges of contemporary life. "Think globally - act locally" - is one of our main principles.

Ukraine`s integration in the world economic community, including through joining to the WTO, challenges us to ensure competitiveness of our holding in a new business environment.

In order to increase our competitive strengths we aim to modernise our sugar processing capacities according to European standards, implement intensive sugar beet growing techniques and invest in personnel development.

To be fully open with our business partners, investors and public, we are currently working on transformation of our holding into a European public company.

We are always happy to cooperate with those who create on the Ukrainian land!

Sincerely yours

General Director

Viktor Ivanchyk