OREANDA-NEWS. May 26, 2011. DIXY Group - one of Russia's leading retailers of foods and everyday products - has announced revenue growth of 21.2% in Russian rubles (25.0% in USD) for the first four months of 2011 over the same period last year.

DIXY Group's total revenue for the first four months of 2011 amounted to RUR 24,515 million, representing a 21.2% increase over RUR 20,229 million for the same period of 2010. In USD terms revenue increased by 25.0% to 846 million, compared to USD 677 million for the four months of 2010.

Retail revenue from DIXY stores for the first four months of 2011 amounted to RUR 20,951 million (USD 723 million), which represents a 22.5% growth in RUR (26.4% in USD) over the same period of 2010.

Retail revenue from MEGAMART stores for the first four months of 2011 amounted to RUR 2,481 million (USD 86 million), which represents a 10.3% growth in RUR (13.7% in USD) over the same period of 2010.

Retail revenue from MINIMART stores for the first four months of 2011 amounted to RUR 745 million (USD 26 million), which represents a 9.8% growth in RUR (13.2% in USD) over the same period of 2010.

Revenue from other activities, such as marketing revenue, sublease income and wholesale revenue amounted to RUR 337 million (USD 12 million).

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

Exchange Rate according to CBR

2010

2011

Average (four months), RUR/USD

29.8903

28.9786

Key operating and financial data for the four months period ended April 30, 2011

As of

30 April 2011

30 April 2010

Growth

Number of Stores

679

552

23%

Net Selling Space (sq.m.)

232,437

208,675

11%

DIXY

196,830

173,068

14%

MEGAMART

30,121

30,121

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MINIMART

5,486

5,486

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For the period ending

30 April 2011

30 April 2010

Growth

Revenue (RUR)

24,515 million

20,229 million

21.2%

Revenue (USD)

846 million

677 million

25.0%

Store Openings

43

20

115%

DIXY

43

20

115%

MEGAMART

0

0

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MINIMART

0

0

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