OREANDA-NEWS. December 9, 2010. DIXY Group - one of the leading food and FMCG retailers in Russian Federation - has announced revenue growth of 18.0% in Russian rubles (25.4% in USD) for the ten months of 2010 over the same period last year.1,2

DIXY Group's total revenue for the ten months of 2010 amounted to RUR 51,971 million, representing a 18.0% increase over RUR 44,055 million for the same period of 2009.3 In USD terms revenue increased by 25.4% to 1,717 million, compared to USD 1,369 million for the ten months of 2009.

Retail revenue from DIXY stores for the ten months of 2010 amounted to RUR 43,762 million (USD 1,446 million), which represents a 18.9% growth in RUR (26.5% in USD) over the same period of 2009.

Retail revenue from Megamart stores for the ten months of 2010 amounted to RUR 5,820 million (USD 192 million), which represents a 16.3% growth in RUR (23.7% in USD) over the same period of 2009.

Retail revenue from Minimart stores for the ten months of 2010 amounted to RUR 1,779 million (USD 59 million), which represents a 8.6% growth in RUR (15.5% in USD) over the same period of 2009.

Revenue from other activities, such as marketing revenue, sublease income and wholesale revenue amounted to RUR 610 million (USD 20 million).

The following exchange rates were used for converting Russian Rubles to US dollars:

Exchange Rate according to CBR4

2009

2010

Average (10 months), RUR/USD

32.1751

30.2607

Key operating and financial data for the ten months period ended October 31, 2010

As of

31 October 2010

31 October 2009

Growth

Number of Stores

6065

5176

17%

Net Selling Space (sq.m.)

220,984

198,219

11%

DIXY

185,377

164,702

13%

Megamart

30,121

28,031

7%

Minimart

5,486

5,486

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For the ten months period ending

31 October 2010

31 October 2009

Growth

Revenue (RUR)

51,971 million

44,055 million

18.0%

Revenue (USD)

1,717 million

1,369 million

25.4%

Store Openings

83

48

73%

DIXY

83

47

77%

Megamart

0

1

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Minimart

0

0

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1          Revenue figures are based on internal management reports and have not been audited.

2          All revenue figures provided in this press release do not include VAT.

3          Total revenue includes retail revenue and other revenue, which consists of income from subleases and marketing revenue.

4          Exchange rate is an average rate for the period calculated using official daily rate of Central Bank of Russia.

         During the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 October 2010 there were 83 DIXY stores opened and 14 DIXY stores closed.

6          During the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 October 2009 there were 48 DIXY stores opened and 10 DIXY stores and 12 VMart stores closed, see the detailed statement about the closure:

04032009 DIXY RELEASE ENG vmart.