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Press release

PinguinLutosa: trading update Q4 2011

Consolidation scope

Sales as presented below include sales of the Scana Noliko Group ('canned division') for a period of 6 months. The deep-frozen vegetable division that was acquired from the CECAB-group contributed for a period of four months to the consolidated sales. Hence the comparative figures as per 31 December 2010 did not yet include the effect of these acquisitions.

Sales

For the 12 months to 31 December 2011, PinguinLutosa recorded consolidated sales of €622.1 million, which represents an increase of 28.7% compared to the same period last year.
Evolution of sales per division is as follows:

Non-audited management figures in €

1 January till 31 December

2011 2010

Evolution

%

1 October till

31 December

2011

Deep-frozen vegetable division (including

4 months ex-CECAB1) Potato division

Canned division

286,316,587

241,000,568

94,824,546

245,146,609

238,417,090

N/A

+16.8%

+1.1%

+100.0%

108,837,053

57,839,674

48,740,563

Total

622,141,701

483,563,699

+28.7%

215,417,290

In the potato division there is a sales growth of 1.1%. This is the combined effect of on the one hand the increased sales prices (+20.6%) which was applied as a reaction to the huge increase of raw material prices in the first semester of 2011 and on the other hand the planned organic decrease of volumes of 19.7%.
In the deep-frozen vegetable division there is a growth of sales (including 4 months of CECAB) of 16.8%. The impact of including 4 months of sales of the deep-frozen vegetable division of CECAB amounts to €53.1 million. Without taking into account the acquisition of the CECAB activities, there was a decline of sales of
4.9%. Had the exchange rate for the British pound remained unchanged, the deep-frozen vegetable division
would have achieved 0.6% more in sales during the twelve months of 2011.

1 The impact of including the sales of the deep-frozen vegetable division of CECAB is only applicable for 2011 since this business combination took place on September 1, 2011.

PINGUINLUTOSA NV