Current financial results and prognoses: December 2009 – January 2010

Stara Planina Hold Plc announces its current inconclusive financial results (on consolidated basis) and the financial results of the most significant enterprises from the portfolio of the holding for December 2009 and projected sales for January 2010. Letter

Aggregated unaudited financial data show that consolidated sales for 2009 decreased by 52.26% compared to 2008, as a reduction to the corresponding first half was 60.64 percent.

The outlook for the first month of 2010 shows an increase in consolidated sales by 26.83% compared to the first month of 2009.