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Inclusion of the stock exchange‘s newcomer into the list of OMX Baltic Benchmark index - a good sign to investors

NASDAQ OMX Vilnius stock exchange's newcomer Linas Agro Group, AB was included
into the composition of the Baltic stock exchanges' OMX Baltic Benchmark index
as of July 1. According to specialists, it is a good sign to both investors and
the company. 

OMX Baltic Benchmark index consists of all the largest capitalization and the
most liquid Baltic companies' shares, which are traded on OMX Baltic countries'
stock exchanges. This index is reviewed twice a year: on the 1st of January and
the 1st of July. 

“Linas Agro Group is a new company on the Current List of our stock exchange.
The trade of its shares was launched in February. The fact that in the very
first review after the listing Linas Agro Group shares satisfied the
requirements of OMX Baltic Benchmark index in terms of trading turnover and
capitalization criteria of free shares, evaluating each sector of economic
activities separately, is a good sign to both investors and the company,”
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Head of Market Services Department Saulius Malinauskas said. 

According to S. Malinauskas, investment funds often organize and restructure
their portfolios in accordance with the Baltic stock exchanges' OMX Baltic
Benchmark index as well as tradable index OMX Baltic 10. “Linas Agro Group
inclusion into the OMX Baltic Benchmark index shows that the liquidity of the
company's shares is sufficiently high among other listed Baltic companies of
the same sector,” NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Head of Market Services Department
maintained. 

“This fact can be viewed as the stock exchange's acknowledgment that Linas Agro
Group is an interesting company for investors. Further, there are other
advantages besides prestige. First of all, the company's inclusion in the index
encourages purchase of the shares. It is usually typical of those investment
funds which seek to copy changes of Baltic countries' indexes with their
portfolios. Other investors could also wish to invest into the shares on the
index because it is associated with the reliability. A lot of advantages, which
ensure large shares' liquidity and attraction towards investors, emerge,”
Swedbank Project Manager Aleksas Mickus stressed. 

“We are very pleased that our company has received such rapid acknowledgment
and investors' interest on the stock exchange. It obliges us even more to
justify their expectations, implement our expansion plans and reach expected
results,” Linas Agro Group, AB CEO Darius Zubas said. 

About Linas Agro Group, AB

Linas Agro Group, AB is an integrated agribusiness company engaged in
international agricultural business, production and trade in agricultural
produce and raw materials. It controls companies in Lithuania, Latvia and
Denmark. The Group consists of the following companies: Linas Agro, AB, a
Lithuanian company engaged in international trade in agricultural plant
produce; Linas Agro, UAB controlling grain storages; Grūdų centras, KŪB
(controlling grain storages in Kėdainiai, Kupiškis, Joniškis, Šiauliai and
Vilkaviškis), grain trade company in Latvia Linas Agro, SIA; international
trade company in Denmark  Rosenkrantz A/S; Landvesta, ŽŪB, a group of companies
controlling agricultural land; and Linas Agro Konsultacijos, UAB controlling
agricultural companies. Financial year of the companies starts on the 1st of
July. 

As of February 17, 2010 Linas Agro Group, AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX Vilnius
stock exchange. 

More information:

Director Corporate Communication Jorinta Zolubaitė
Ph. +370 45 50 73 61
Mobile +370 687 91711
E-mail j.zolubaite@linasagro.lt