OREANDA-NEWS. February 17, 2012. OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (Rosinter), the leading casual dining restaurant chain in Russia and CIS (RTS and MICEX ticker: ROST), announces its trade update for January 2012. The release is published at www.rosinter.com.

January 2012 Highlights

In January 2012 consolidated net operating revenue[1] increased by 5.5% in ruble terms as compared to the same period of previous year.

Gross revenue of comparable stores[2] increased in January 2012 by 0.5% driven by 6.0% increase in average check partially offset by 5.2% decrease in traffic.

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

Jan 2012

Jan 2011

% chg

811

768

5.5%

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

Gross Revenue

Average Check

Number of Transactions

0.5%

6.0%

(5.2%)

Number of Stores, eop

 

Jan 2012

Dec 2011

Jan 2011

Total

384

382

364

Corporate

253

255

249

Franchise

131

127

115

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

2          Calculation is based on gross sales data (including VAT) for the pool of currently operating mature restaurants, which had operated for 18 months as of 1 January 2012.