OREANDA-NEWS. October 21, 2010. OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (Rosinter), the leading casual dining restaurants chain in Russia and CIS (RTS and MICEX ticker: ROST), announces its trade update for September 2010. The release is published at www.rosinter.com.

September 2010 Highlights

• In September 2010 consolidated net operating revenue[1] increased 18.2% in ruble terms as compared to the same period of previous year.

• Gross revenue of comparable stores (SSSG) grew in September 2010 by 9.1% on the back of 5.6% traffic increase.

• In September 2010 franchise network expanded with 3 new outlets. 3 corporate canteens were closed.

Consolidated Net Operating Revenue[1] Performance (’M RUB)

Sep 2010

Sep 2009

% chg

YTD 2010

YTD 2009

% chg

768

650

18.2%

6,725

5,708

17.8%

 

Same-Store Sales Growth[2] dynamics (RUB)

Gross Revenue

Average Check

Number of Transactions

YTD 2010

Sep 2010

YTD 2010

Sep 2010

YTD 2010

Sep 2010

6.5%

9.1%

0.0%

3.2%

6.5%

5.6%

 

Number of Stores, eop

 

Sep 2010

Aug 2010

Dec 2009

Sep 2009

Total

359

359

350

340

Corporate

252

255

255

252

Franchise

107

104

95

88

Costa Coffee

25

26

17

14

[1] Unaudited operating revenue includes only total sales of corporate restaurants and canteens and does not include revenue from franchise operations and other revenue items.

[2] Calculation is based gross sales data (including VAT) for the pool of mature restaurants (168 outlets), which had operated for 18 months as of 1 January 2010.