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Emperia Among Pearls of Polish Stock Exchange 2008

05-05-2008

Emperia Holding has been named by Gazeta Giełdy Parkiet stock exchange daily one of the three most valuable companies quoted on the Stock Exchange in Warsaw.

It is also the leader of the Trade and Consumption sector, and second overall.

Compared to last year, Emperia’s rankings have improved significantly. The company has moved up from 33rd to second spot overall, and from seventh to first in the trading sector. According to the authors of the ranking list, the result is the effect of the successful development strategy pursued by Emperia Holding S.A.

The Parkiet ranking list includes the most valuable companies, Stock Exchange Pearls, which have successfully increased the scope of operations and improved profitability, whose value appreciated most without compromising profitability. The authors of the compilation stress that the companies included on the list - despite market volatility in the last 12 months - gained in a bearish environment, which means that they are worth investing into.

“The high standing on the Parkiet ranking list is yet another indication that the strategy pursued by Emperia is successful and it inspires confidence. This encourages us to develop further,” said Artur Kawa, Chairman of Management Board, Emperia Holding S.A.

Recently, Emperia has been placed high on several other prestigious ranking lists. Among others, it has been placed on the list of the 100 most valuable Polish companies by Newsweek, ranked 37th on the Rzeczpospolita daily 500 List, and 30th among Polityka’s Five Hundred companies for 2007. Polityka has also placed Emperia eighth among the largest public companies.

Company Background Information:

Emperia Holding has been in the Polish market for 18 years now. Its operations fall into two major business segments: retail (among others Stokrotka and Stokrotka Premium, Groszek, Milea, Lewiatan Podlasie, Zachód, Dolny Śląsk, and Orbita, Społem Tychy, Jaskółka, Centrum, Euro Sklepy) and wholesale (9 subsidiaries: Tradis, BOS, DLS, Sygel-Jool, DEF, Express Podlaski, Sydo, Alpaga-Xema, and an importing and exporting arm, Arsenal). In April, the process of integrating selected wholesale companies into a single business under the business name of Tradis kicked off. Both business segments of Emperia boast a workforce of close to 11,000.

Emperia Holding has been consistently pursuing the consolidation of the retail and wholesale FMCG market in Poland. Following the 2006 takeover of the BOS Group (56 branches and 81 outlets in Eastern and North-Western Poland), in July 2007 it incorporated Społem Tychy (36 retail outlets in the Śląskie Region), and in September the Centrum subsidiaries (13 retail outlets in the Warmińsko-Mazuskie Region of Poland) and Maro-Markety (18 retail outlets located in the Wielkopolskie and Opolskie Regions of Poland).

In June 2007, the decision was made to acquire 100 percent of the wholesale subsidiaries of Sydo in Wrocław and Alpaga Xema in Poznań. October saw the incorporation of Euro Sklep S.A. (265 retail franchises and proprietary outlets operating in the Śląskie, Opolskie, Dolnośląskie, and Małopolskie Regions of Poland), and in November Emperia  Holding acquired Sklepy Polka (74 outlets in the Podlaskie and Świętokrzyskie Regions). In December, Retail Services Poland (27 retail franchises) was taken over.

In February 2008, the Holding incorporated Lewiatan Dolny Śląsk and Lewiatan Zachód, and Lewiatan Orbita in April. Emperia also concluded the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Lewiatan Holding, opening the door to a full equity integration with Lewiatan.  The company has set its sights on further acquisitions, and talks are well under way with partners seeking to join Emperia Holding.